Acclaimed Civil War reenactor and historian Curt Fields, Ph.D., will present “This Cruel War is Over: What Now?” at a special meeting of the Civil War Round Table at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at the ...

As they paraded by him for the first time in March of 1864, soldiers of the Army of the Potomac knew the general in full dress blues, accented with sash and sword, was the freshly minted commander of ...

At President Donald Trump’s campaign rallies, history usually begins at the 2016 election. But the president embarked on a lesson of the Civil War while speaking to an audience in Ohio on Friday, ...

Ulysses S. Grant is often dismissed as a simple butcher of his troops. In fact, Grant was an inspired military leader with a genius for issuing lucid orders, maneuvering his troops adroitly, and ...

The Civil War general was elevated to general of the armies of the United States, a title his admirers had long sought. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out about a recent ...