This has been the tactic of every revolutionary movement in modern history ... During the Civil War, the men of the South probed with their bayonets and met steel. The deck was stacked in that ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

The Civil War was a military, cultural, political, and economic milestone in American history. For four years the nation was in a bloody divide that extended from the East Coast to the pioneer West ...

The Civil War Monitor, a quarterly magazine, once dubbed it “the hardest test in history ... failing the guide test still feels like a bayonet to the heart. They might have to wait years ...

For all that, New Market Heights is little more than a footnote in Civil War history—a battle, scholars agree, that deserves better. “It fell to black sergeants to keep the unit organized ...