Historians at Emerging Civil War tackle more of the war's most enduring questions to help the rea...

Often relegated to a backseat by action in the Eastern Theater, the Western Theater is actually w...

'Do not bring on a general engagement,' Confederate General Robert E. Lee warned his commanders. ...

'It is a compelling collection of essays designed to effect and promote the efficacy of Grant's '...

'The same great info is within along with analysis of Union and Confederate objectives and strate...

The fall of Vicksburg in July 1863 fundamentally changed the strategic picture of the American Ci...

They melted like snow on the ground, one officer said¿wave after wave of Federal soldiers chargin...

At Spotsylvania Court House, the second phase of the campaign, the two armies shifted from stalem...

'Early in the Civil War, the Union sought to put a quick end to the Southern rebellion by capturi...

For sixteen days the armies had grappled--a grueling horror-show of nonstop battle, march, and ma...

The stakes for George Gordon Meade could not have been higher.After his stunning victory at Getty...

Recounts the often-overlooked fight that secured the Union position and set the stage for the Get...