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From smoldering battlefields to passion-inflamed politics to fascinating personalities, America’s Civil War goes far beyond what you learned in history class.

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Lies and Subterfuge: There’s More to the Story Behind Seven Pines | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/seven-pines-b…

Lies and Subterfuge: There’s More to the Story Behind Seven Pines

Joe Johnston and James Longstreet manipulated the truth to deflect blame for the Confederate loss.

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Civil War Generals Never Forgot the Blood and Lost Friends in the US Showdown with Mexico | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/us-mexico-war…

Civil War Generals Never Forgot the Blood and Lost Friends in the US Showdown with Mexico

At the outset of the Civil War, generals on both sides were not surprised by the bloodshed they witnessed.

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This British Colonel Traveled with Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg. He’d Already Had His Share of Surprises. | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/arthur-freman…

This British Colonel Traveled with Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg. He’d Already Had His Share of...

Arthur Fremantle stumbled upon a murder while in the Rio Grande.

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Dan Sickles Insisted that His Gettysburg Antics Saved the Union. Was He Right? | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/dan-sickles-g…

Dan Sickles Insisted that His Gettysburg Antics Saved the Union. Was He Right?

Sickles nearly cost the Union Army at Gettysburg by breaking George Meade's orders.

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Gettysburg Had a Lasting Impact on Its Least Known Participants — Its Civilians | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/gettysburg-ci…

Gettysburg Had a Lasting Impact on Its Least Known Participants — Its Civilians

Travel along the famous sites of Gettysburg, from the Cashtown Inn to Lee's headquarters, from the eyes of the locals.

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These Hoosier Heroes at Gettysburg Were Among the Last Men Standing in the Civil War | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/20th-indiana-…

These Hoosier Heroes at Gettysburg Were Among the Last Men Standing in the Civil War

Brig. Gen. Joseph K.F. Mansfield remarked that the 20th Indiana "could do longer without food...eat more when they got it; could suffer more without being disabled."

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This Excelsior Brigade Soldier Became an Accidental Journalist | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/dear-uncles-b…

This Excelsior Brigade Soldier Became an Accidental Journalist

'Dear Uncles' collects Arthur McKinstry's Civil War letters, which his uncles regularly published in their newspaper.

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The Confederate Bee Brothers: Unforgettable Legacies For Very Converse Reasons | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/bee-brothers-…

The Confederate Bee Brothers: Unforgettable Legacies For Very Converse Reasons

One gave Stonewall Jackson his nickname. One was dubbed "the poorest excuse for a Gen that I ever saw."

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Grant Didn’t Fit the Eastern Theater Mold — Turns Out That’s Exactly What Lincoln Wanted | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/grant-lincoln…

Grant Didn’t Fit the Eastern Theater Mold—Turns Out That’s Exactly What Lincoln Wanted

Walking a tightrope on his first visit to Washington and the Army of the Potomac, the steadfast, unpretentious Grant quickly proved Lincoln had found the right man for the task ahead.

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A Union Rebel Inside Robert E. Lee’s Family | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/louis-marshal…

A Union Rebel Inside Robert E. Lee’s Family

Col. Louis H. Marshall stayed true to the Stars and Stripes and forever became an outcast to his family.

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During Reconstruction Southern Planters Called on the US Army to Enforce an Old Status Quo | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/louisiana-rec…

During Reconstruction Southern Planters Called on the US Army to Enforce an Old Status Quo

In a Louisiana parish, white elites sought military help to deny newly freed Blacks some of their rights.

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Robert E. Lee Endured a Precipitous Reset in Maryland | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/robert-e-lee-…

Robert E. Lee Endured a Precipitous Reset in Maryland

Though the Lost Orders forced the Confederate commander to fight on unfavorable ground at Sharpsburg, he survived the bloody clash with his army intact.

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The Novel ‘Knork’ Helped Civil War Amputees Eat | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/the-novel-kno…

The Novel ‘Knork’ Helped Civil War Amputees Eat

The Civil War saw many advances in devices to aid amputees.

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The Poignant Tale Behind a Celebrated Civil War Sketch | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/edwin-forbes-…

The Poignant Tale Behind a Celebrated Civil War Sketch

To artist Edwin Forbes, William Jackson of the 12th New York was an everyman Union soldier, a “solemn lad… toughened by campaigning.” There was much more to Jackson’s story.

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A Battle Ulysses S. Grant Couldn’t Quite Win | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/grant-klan-sh…

A Battle Ulysses S. Grant Couldn’t Quite Win

As president, the former Union general did all he could to stop the KKK but ultimately came up short.

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The Poignant Tale Behind a Celebrated Civil War Sketch historynet.com/edwin-forbes-…

The Poignant Tale Behind a Celebrated Civil War Sketch

To artist Edwin Forbes, William Jackson of the 12th New York was an everyman Union soldier, a “solemn lad… toughened by campaigning.” There was much more to Jackson’s story.

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For Southern Antagonists in the Civil War, a Kindred Desire for Peace Goes Awry | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/senator-critt…

For Southern Antagonists in the Civil War, a Kindred Desire for Peace Goes Awry

Kentucky’s John Crittenden, Virginia’s John Robertson found common ground too late as the prospects for peace evaded in 1860-61.

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For Southern Antagonists in the Civil War, a Kindred Desire for Peace Goes Awry historynet.com/senator-critt…

For Southern Antagonists in the Civil War, a Kindred Desire for Peace Goes Awry

Kentucky’s John Crittenden, Virginia’s John Robertson found common ground too late as the prospects for peace evaded in 1860-61.

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The Novel ‘Knork’ Helped Civil War Amputees Eat | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/the-novel-kno…

The Novel ‘Knork’ Helped Civil War Amputees Eat

The Civil War saw many advances in devices to aid amputees.

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Civil War Art, in the Round and Mobile | Click the image to read our story: historynet.com/polyoramas-ci…

Civil War Art, in the Round and Mobile

Polyoramas—well-traveled predecessors of the popular postwar cycloramas—captivated audiences both north and south.

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