The Shadow Over England On February 19, 1587, London erupted in celebration as news arrived of Mary Stuart’s execution. Bonfires […]
The Tudor Dynasty’s Tumultuous Backdrop The year 1587 marked a climactic chapter in the long-standing rivalry between Elizabeth I of […]
The Strategic Gamble: Hood’s Tennessee Campaign After the fall of Atlanta in September 1864, Confederate General John Bell Hood refused […]
The Strategic Importance of Atlanta By the summer of 1864, the American Civil War had reached a critical juncture. The […]
The Strategic Importance of Atlanta By the summer of 1864, the American Civil War had reached a critical juncture. Union […]
The Collapse of Confederate Morale and Political Unity By the fall of 1863, the Confederate States of America faced a […]
The Strategic Crossroads of 1863 By the summer of 1863, the American Civil War had reached a pivotal moment. President […]
The Strategic Importance of Vicksburg By the winter of 1862–63, the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi, had earned the nickname […]
The Gathering Storm of Dissent As President Abraham Lincoln confided to Senator Charles Sumner in January 1863, his greatest fear […]
The Confederate Quest for European Allies By the summer of 1862, the Confederate States of America believed they were on […]
The Strategic Crossroads of the Civil War The summer of 1862 marked a critical juncture in the American Civil War, […]
The Strategic Context of the Seven Days’ Battles By mid-1862, the American Civil War had reached a critical juncture. Union […]
The Desperate Confederate Situation in 1862 By May 1862, the Confederate war effort appeared on the brink of collapse. Union […]
The Rise and Fall of a Southern Leader Jefferson Davis began the American Civil War as a respected leader of […]
The Strategic Importance of the Western Rivers Before February 1862, the rivers south of Cairo, Illinois, had seen little fighting. […]
The American Civil War, a conflict that reshaped the nation’s destiny, saw its first major clash at the Battle of […]
The Spark of Conflict: War Aims and Ideologies In the months following the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April […]
The Crossroads of Conflict: The Upper South in 1861 When Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter in April 1861, the eight […]
The Historical Background of Southern Secession The secession of the Southern states in 1860–61 remains one of the most dramatic […]
The Making of a Radical Abolitionist John Brown spent the first five decades of his life in relative obscurity, but […]
The Life of Dred Scott and the Origins of a Landmark Case Dred Scott lived most of his sixty years […]
The Seeds of Conflict: Slavery and Westward Expansion The mid-19th century was a period of intense sectional strife in the […]
