The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
The American Civil War ended more than a century and a half ago. But the last person to receive a pension tied…
Anderson, an American history professor who has taught about the war for 20 years – ‘a Southerner teaching in South Carolina’, he…
Filled with iron nails, the bottle was initially thought to have been placed there for storage. But Oliver Mueller-Heubach and Robert Hunter,…
Thomas Morris Chester is a name little-known in most households. But Chester was a remarkable pioneer.…
The American Civil War might easily have ended in 1862. In the event, it dragged on for three more years, claiming the…
The American Military: a concise history is an essential introduction to the development of the US army. From the landing of the…
Grant’s conduct of the Overland Campaign has sometimes been criticised as bludgeoning – lacking in tactical finesse, restricted to frontal attacks, callous…
What is the role of the individual in history? The collaboration between Robert E Lee and Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson changed the course…
Patrick Boniface analyses the expansion and transformation of the US Navy during the American Civil War. ‘Give me six hours to chop…