Lowe, “Report Submitted to Secretary of War Stanton, May 26, 1863,” in The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and ... Block, Above the Civil War (Berkeley, Calif.

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened to sap the fighting strength of the Northern army: coffee. This critical source of energy ...

William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed ... returning it to Union lines. Years after the war, his actions in the assault would be recognized with the Medal of Honor, making Carney ...