Brigadier General Stand Watie."Their clergy blessed the flags of Confederate regiments, and their opposition to the federal regime in New Orleans was ...
Odds are there isn’t a Civil War buff living who hasn’t seen a copy of this remarkable pencil sketch (above) by special artist Edwin Forbes, which ...
"War of Rights" gameplay screen image courtesy of Steam Surfing YouTube the other night, I came across video footage of the Civil War PC game "War of ...
Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American to publicly protest segregation in regional and local transportation systems in the modern civil rights era. ...
The views expressed in this blog post are my own and do not represent the National Council for History Education, with which I am currently serving as a ...
Amputation of wounded limbs was not new but reached somewhat of a high point in the Civil War. The Minie ball, in particular, was notorious for shattering ...
I received these photos from Deena Collins Aucoin this Memorial Day morning. The first is of Chalmette National Cemetery in New Orleans. The second is ...
Cap and Ball is at it again, this time to answer a question that often comes up about Civil War rifles. Did the addition of a bayonet have any effect on ...
An important session on the civil rights of citizens and residents in the United States, of the Muslim community in particular, the importance of these ...
Some time ago (in 2006) I wrote a post about John Jacob and his unusual rifle. In it I said that Lorenzo Barber, the “Fighting Parson” of the 1st U.S.S.S., ...