Calvin L. Robinson was a successful businessman in Jacksonville Florida, who clung to his belief in the Union and kept a journal during the Civil War in which h

Like Chicago from Mrs. O'Leary's cow, or San Francisco from the earthquake of 1906, Atlanta has earned distinction as one of the most burned cities in American

Southerners whose communities were invaded by the Union army during the Civil War endured a profoundly painful ordeal. For most, the coming of the Yankees was a

Stories of New England soldiers who perished in this bloody battle, based on their diaries and letters. The Battle of Antietam, in September 1862, was the singl

One of the most hotly debated issues in the historical study of race relations is the question of how the Civil War and Reconstruction affected social relations