Welcome to our American Civil War Articles section. Please browse our articles from the selections below.

General Civil War Articles

The Development of Union Strategy
Sherman's Inability to Liberate The South's Most Notorious Prison
The Life of Mary Custis Lee
The Life of Varina Howell Davis: First Lady of the Confederacy
Elizabeth Van Lew: “Crazy Bet” Brings Down Richmond
Book Review: A Magnificent Irishman from Appalachia: The Letters of Lt James Gildea, First Ohio Light Artillery, Battery L
Book Review: Lady of Arlington
An Interview with Stephen Lang: Bringing Stonewall Jackson to Life
Ron Maxwell, Giving History a Voice (an Interview with Ron Maxwell, Film Writer, Director, and Producer)
Harriet Beecher Stowe: The little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.
An Interview with Jeff Daniels Writer, Director, Actor…and Student of the Civil War
Book Review: Faith in God and Generals An Anthology of Faith, Hope, and Love in the American Civil War
Susan Baker King Taylor, Reminiscences of Life with the 33d US Colored Troops
Wilmer McLean -- The Beginning and the End
The Most Decisive Draw: Monitor And Virginia At Hampton Roads, 1862
An Anniversary to Remember
Lee’s Surrender
Sectional Literature
Sherman’s March through Georgia
Election of Lincoln
States Which Seceded
Johnston’s Surrender

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Our monthly Civil War newsletter is edited by Thomas R. Long, Jr. It includes articles about people and events, and interesting statistics from the American Civil War.

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