News

1863: A Civil War Rain Delay
A rain delay played an essential role in The Battle of Jackson, which was fought 162 years ago today in Jackson, Mississippi, ...
The American Spectator3dOpinion
A ‘War’ on the Civil Service or Controlling a Powerful Union Political Machine?
The mainstream legacy media and especially the hometown Washington Post have been castigating the Trump administration for ...
WFAE 90.71d
Civil War’s Combahee Raid and Harriet Tubman’s role in it subject of Pulitzer Prize-winning book
In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...
Trains on MSN11d
A new look at Civil War railroading
Almost exactly 160 years ago, the American Civil War wound down to a messy and anticlimactic end. By December 1864, it was ...
5 historic sites to learn more about the Bay Area’s Civil War era
While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union ...
Mother Jones1dOpinion
To End Birthright Citizenship, Trump Is Rewriting Civil War History
The Trump administration’s arguments against birthright citizenship for all are ahistorical, and make no sense when ...
Mercury News5d
5 historic sites to learn more about the Bay Area’s Civil War era
California was never a hotbed of Civil War action ... played a major role. The riches of the Gold Rush didn’t just line the pockets of lucky miners; they fueled the Union war effort.