From January to July of 1862, the armies and navies of the Union and Confederacy conducted an incredibly complex and remarkably diverse range of operations in the Commonwealth of …
President Andrew Jackson’s conflict with the Second Bank of the United States was one of the most consequential political struggles in the early nineteenth century. A fight over …
Winner: Caroline Bancroft PrizeWinner: Caughey AwardWinner: PEN Center USA West Literary Award in Research NonfictionWinner: Francis Parkman PrizeWinner: Ray Allen Billington …
Ribbon of Honor I saw enough to sicken the heart. . . . The scenes which I witnessed were enough to overthrow all imaginations concerning the glory of war; but, dreadful as they …
