The Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American history and was fought in over 10,000 locations. Approximately 620,000 people, or 2% of the population at the time, lost their lives as a result of the battle. The Civil War claimed more American lives than all...
Happy Birthday General Robert E. Lee Confederate General Robert Edward Lee was born on this day in 1807. He was the fifth child of Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee. In 1829 he was graduated second in his class at West Point without having incurred a single demerit in his...
I recently had the opportunity to read a new book by historian Jeffry Wert entitled, A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee’s Triumph, 1862-1863. Jeffry Wert is an amazing Civil War historian and author of numerous books on the Civil War including my favorite...
Eric Langhorst is an 8th Grade History teacher from Illinois and is the host of the Speaking of History podcast. Well, a while back he made a trip to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and recorded a podcast of his thoughts on the museum. You can view pictures...
Well, I’m not a statistician by any means and I even struggled with the stats for my dissertation. But for some reason, I have quite a few blog posts on statistics. So, why not one more: The following tables are the number of Union and Confederate soldiers who...
