The American Civil War (1861-1865) is regarded as the most violent war in U.S. history, with fighting occurring between the Union and the Confederacy for the fate of the nation. With hundreds of ...

Michael Lally, an immigrant to Massachusetts from Ireland, fought for the Union in more than a dozen major battles of the Civil War, including the first and second Bull Run (Manassas), the Siege of ...

In this brilliant new look at the destruction of slavery during the American Civil War, Oakes reveals how the U.S. abolitionist movement relied not only on high-minded moral suasion but also on the ...

Tony Horowitz's excellent book Confederates in the Attic spends a few chapters focusing on those committed Civil War buffs who take the concept of historical re-enactment to an entirely new level. For ...

This cover image released by Grand Central Publishing shows "1861: The Lost Peace" by Jay Winik. (Grand Central via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik ...

Introduction : Civil War irregular warfare in theory and practice -- The Confederacy's self-inflicted wound : the guerilla war in Arkansas, 1862-1865 -- Fire, provosts, and Tories : the federal ...

The Lower South secedes -- The Confederate States of America -- Secession runs its course -- A new day dawns -- Enemies, spies, and traitors -- and Reconstruction -- Consolidating the government -- ...

In American Civil War – The Blue and the Gray, players must exhibit both military and political skill in the toughest operations of those five years of wild campaigning in a divided United States.