The Civil War general was elevated to general of the armies of the United States, a title his admirers had long sought. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out about ...

John Bell Hood, meanwhile, has been referred to as “the single largest mistake that either government made during the war.” If there is one general that could be considered as having single ...

OPINION Civil War taught how to influence news media. It nearly cost Lincoln re-election Confederate Secret Service undermined Lincoln's re-election by bribing anti-war news media in the North ...

John Hunt Morgan is known as the Confederate general whose 1,000-mile raid during the waning years of the Civil War was mostly a costly mistake — but his history in Lexington should have shown ...