Hear about the Union and Confederate forces' race to Washington DC in April 1861. In April 1861, as Union forces retreated north, having lost the first battle of the Civil War, attention turned to the ...
Megan Kate Nelson, author of “The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West,” will speak on “The AmericanCivilWar in the Desert Southwest ...
Although the Battle of Antietam is a much-studied encounter, Budiansky’s consideration of nine people caught up in the battle and its aftermath is thoughtful and insightful.