America's Civil War

Published since 1987, America’s Civil War strives to deliver to our readers the best articles on the most formative and tumultuous period of American history — the Civil War. Noted authors present the many battles, personalities and fascinating stories of the period.

America’s Civil War

FACT CHECK

EXTRA ROUNDS Hired Hands • GEN. WILLIAM HARDEE FINDS A MASTER TAILOR DEEP IN THE RANKS

Pre- and Post-War Career

Wakeup Call • THE 1861 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI SHOWDOWN AT WILSON’S CREEK WAS STARK PROOF NEITHER SIDE WAS READY FOR BLOODY WAR

Renaissance Man • WHETHER AS UNION SPY, COALITION BUILDER, OR POSTWAR POLITICIAN, FORMER SLAVE MADE THE MOST OF A BRIEF LIFE

TWO-FOR-ONE SPECIAL!

Magic Touch • IN SUPPLYING THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC AT ANTIETAM, INGALLS SPRUNG ORDER OUT OF CHAOS

THE UNSHAKABLE GEN. DODGE • Behind the scenes, the Union commander did a little of everything to help produce Northern victory

MISSION OF MERCY • In the wake of the Union victory at Missionary Ridge, enemy commanders Hardee and Hooker team to find a popular Confederate colonel’s final resting place

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS • Benjamin Butler and P.G.T. Beauregard could only lament what might have been in the Bermuda Hundred Campaign

CONDITIONAL LOVE • A young Yankee private navigates the horror of war in Virginia and sudden fatherhood back home

‘ONE VAST HOSPITAL’ • EXPLORE THIS HISTORIC TOWN’S SHOPS AND CHURCHES THAT HOUSED CIVIL WAR WOUNDED

Love in the Ruins

‘Carnage Infernal’

BRIGADIER GENERAL Jean Napoleon Zerman