Black’s book on Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River raid, launched from Beaufort in June 1863, earned a Pulitzer Prize in ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...

George H. Cramer, German immigrant and Civil War major, helped shape Cape Girardeau as mayor, postmaster and civic leader, ...

This paper presents new evidence on the critical role of lower-level organizational leaders. Unlike top managers, frontline leaders are essential for implementing organizational strategies by ...

During the Civil War, soldiers didn't have the same kind of access to quality rations that troops do today. Back then, they ...

Read the Sullivan Ballou letter and learn more about the background of it. Ironically, Sullivan Ballou's letter was never mailed.

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.