Civil War Times Magazine

05/13/2024

As Grant focused on taking Vicksburg, he found compassion to combat a contraband crisis.

05/13/2024

Hoping to smash the entire Union Navy, the Confederacy tried to buy the most lethal fleet afloat.

Hoping to smash the entire Union Navy, the Confederacy tried to buy the most lethal fleet afloat

05/12/2024

In June 1864 two of the Civil War’s fiercest cavalry commanders faced off at Trevilian Station, Virginia.

05/12/2024

Martinsburg's Unionist passion was so unshakable, Confederates resorted to calling the key western Virginia town 'little Massachusetts.'

05/12/2024

In 'The Scourge of War,' Brian Holden Reid examines the many facets of the famous general in equal measure.

In 'The Scourge of War,' Brian Holden Reid examines the many facets of the famous general in equal measure

05/12/2024

Christopher Spencer’s seven-shot repeating rifle gave Union forces in the Civil War a fearsome edge against their Confederate enemies.

05/10/2024

Despite an ugly clash of egos at the top, the Union Army’s 20th Corps proved in Georgia that eastern and western troops could find common ground in battle.

Despite an ugly clash of egos at the top, the Union Army’s 20th Corps proved in Georgia that eastern and western troops could find common ground in battle

05/10/2024

For more than 50 years the town of Nicodemus, Kansas, beat the odds and its harsh surroundings to provide opportunity for former slaves and their descendants.

For more than 50 years the town of Nicodemus, Kansas, beat the odds and its harsh surroundings to provide opportunity for former slaves and their descendants

05/09/2024

A common farmer from Virginia and a millionaire general from new York transcended the horrors of the wilderness through simple acts of decency.

A common farmer from Virginia and a millionaire general from new York transcended the horrors of the wilderness through simple acts of decency

05/08/2024

Four Southern soldiers recall their initiation to war.

05/08/2024

John Reeves' new book examines a pivotal decade in the life of the great general.

05/08/2024

A Union officer’s heroism at Shepherdstown awed both friend and foe.

Lieutenant Lemuel Crocker’s heroism at Shepherdstown awed both friend and foe.

05/07/2024

“Fighting Joe” really put to the test the motto “I ain't here for a long time, I'm here for a good time."

“Fighting Joe” really put to the test the motto “I ain't here for a long time, I'm here for a good time"

05/07/2024

The general's controversial orders encouraged rougher treatment of soldiers and their families.