Bradley Clampitt's The Confederate Heartland examines morale in the Civil War's western theater -- the region that witnessed the most consistent Union success a
The verdict is in: the Civil War was won in the West—that is, in the nation's heartland, between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. Yet, a p
The Civil War was arguably the watershed event in the history of the United States, forever changing the nature of the Republic and the relationship of individu
While engineers played a critical role in the performance of both the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War, few historians have examined their expe