A rush of patriotism back in 1976 brought on by the nation’s bi-centennial and the release of the film “Jeremiah Johnson” ...

When war broke out in 1861, kids across the North and the South said goodbye to their fathers, brothers, uncles, and cousins — or joined the military themselves.

From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged America. It still holds several notorious records, such as the highest number of ...

That the place where the Civil War reached its turning point had become a shrine to the courage of those who fought to destroy the nation and preserve slavery should not have been a surprise. It has ...

Re “Don’t Call It the ‘Civil War,’” by Anthony Conwright (Opinion guest essay, Aug. 2): The American Civil War has been given many names: the Civil War, the War Between the States, the War of the ...

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Many reviewers have called this modestly sized book an excellent introduction to its subject. But an introduction for whom? And how is it excellent? I note that Virgil Carrington Jones’s 3-volume The ...