An insider’s look at the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House
If there’s a best insider’s look at the beginning of the end of the Civil War – the Confederate surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in 1865 – look…
How foreign investment markets foresaw the outcome of the US Civil War
If you really want to determine the possible outcome of any event, look to see how the people who have a financial stake in the outcome are reacting to it….
3 Important factors that led to Pickett’s Charge and the end of the Confederacy
The Battle of Gettysburg, while it started off well for Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army, ended as an unmitigated disaster. The Army of Northern Virginia was sent…
Today in military history: Siege of Knoxville begins
On Nov. 17, 1863, Confederate General James Longstreet laid siege to the city of Knoxville, Tennessee. In the fall of 1863, Union Major General Ambrose Burnside occupied Knoxville where a…
The role of the Marine Corps during the Civil War
Every branch has its stories of daring and valor in combat, along with its heroes, from the Revolutionary War through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Army and Navy…
How the Union broke Confederate secret codes in the Civil War
Being able to read the enemy’s communications is a game changer in a pitched conflict. It allows one side to see their strategies, strengths, and weaknesses. Just ask the Japanese…
This Civil War battle literally saw brother against brother
On an early June morning in 1862, two brothers from Scotland were fighting for their lives and their adopted homeland on a South Carolina battlefield. They had come to America less than two decades prior, and each had come to love his new homeland. …
5 reasons why the US Civil War was more brutal than other wars of the time
War is never clean, but measures can be taken to minimize the suffering of those who fight the wars and those most affected by them. Casualty counts in wars of…
Why the US attacked Japan in the middle of the Civil War
While the United States was fighting for its existence, the world kept turning and other countries continued acting in their own self-interest. Just because the United States military was preoccupied…
This was the Confederates’ most famous Army Ranger
The history of the Army Rangers dates back to before the United States was an independent nation. The official history of the Rangers lists units that fought in both King…