Civil War Period (1850-1877)

"I am a man torn in two. And the gospel I inherited is divided." Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrov...

The Battle of Bull Run describes the Civil War's first important battle, moment by moment...

As 1862 dawned, the American republic was at death’s door. The federal government a...

James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, an...

The Fall of New Orleans was a desperate brawl in the river, with hideous and relentless a...

Abraham Lincoln was undeniably one of the most influential politicians in American histor...

Recent scholarship has explored the lives of enslaved people beyond the watchful eye of t...

The Civil War conjures images of bloodsoaked battlefields in the United States. Few are a...

After four years of unspeakable horror and sacrifice on both sides, the Civil War was abo...

“If you do not know where you're going, you should know where you come from.&rdquo...

A nation divided is a nation in great jeopardy. When people are at odds, and a singular n...

Americans have long been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at the size of the battl...

A former slave who became a successful dressmaker with her own business, became the dress...

This was the first speech given by the newly-elected President of the United States. In a...

From 1861 to 1865 America was caught in the convulsions of warThe Civil War. No historica...

On April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered what remained of his Confederate Army. But what...

From the bestselling author of The Lost Regiment series comes this factually based narrat...

A House divided was a speech that was given after his nomination to be a state senator by...

This public address, given well before his presidency, was to the Springfield Washington ...

Abraham Lincoln saw many political changes during his time as president, few speeches reg...

Americans have long been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at the size of the battl...

Americans have long been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at the size of the batt...

Twenty-two years after the close of the American Civil War, General William T. Sherman sh...

Join the journey into one of the most captivating and seminal events in all of American h...

During the presidential campaign in 1864, the outcome of the Civil War was still very mu...

While the conflict over slavery was a factor in the Civil War, the abolition of slavery d...

Americans have long been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at the size of the battl...

Septima Collis, a native of South Carolina, married Union general Charles H.T. Collis pri...

The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It su...

From 1861 till his assassination in 1865, Abraham Lincoln was an American legal represent...

Inevitably, for many across the South, the news of the Emancipation Proclamation arrived...

The war is always a negative entity that is associated with a lot of bloodsheds, a lot of...

??? Spies! Treason! Conspiracy! The American Civil War? ???Spies! Treason! Cons...

One of the men most responsible for the closing of the frontier was John Wesley Powell, ...

The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It su...

Award-winning storyteller and Methodist pastor, Tom Letchworth, retells some of the most ...

Americans have long been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at the size of the battl...

An extraordinary day-to-day documentary of the Civil War's most infamous Confederate pris...

A poignant biography as told to Olive Gilbert by Isabella Bomefree-a slave (1797-1883) wh...

“I grasped Mrs. Lincoln’s outstretched hand in mine while she cried piteously...

TRUE STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR collects true tales of the Civil War, meticulously research...

Listen to Confederate Girls Diary with a movie-style soundtrack and amplify your audioboo...

As Union commander George McClellan moved the Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula in ea...

What I Saw at Shiloh by Ambrose Bierce, narrated by Mike Vendetti. The audiobook is a fir...

“The failure to crush the Federal army in Pennsylvania in 1863, in the opinion of a...

The Eastern Theater of the Civil War saw the bloodiest and most famous battles, as well a...

Americans have long been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at the size of the battle...

Given its importance, it’s somewhat surprising in retrospect that the Union managed...

The discovery of Robert E. Lee's Special Orders No. 191 outside of Frederick, Maryland, o...

As Union commander George McClellan moved the Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula in ear...