Hood’s Texas Brigade: the Soldiers and Families of the Confederacy’s Most Celebrated Unit
Hood’s Texas Brigade: One of the most effective units to fight on either side of the Civil War, the Texas Brigade of the Army of …
Month: October 2017
Don’t Hurry Me Down to Hades: The Civil War in the Words of Those Who Lived It
Don’t Hurry Me Down to Hades: Don’t Hurry Me Down to Hades is the story of families enduring the whirlwind of the Civil War, told …
Civil War Citizens: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in America’s Bloodiest Conflict
Civil War Citizens: At its core, the Civil War was a conflict over the meaning of citizenship. Most famously, it became a struggle over whether …
The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865
The Harp and the Eagle On the eve of the Civil War, the Irish were one of America’s largest ethnic groups, and approximately 150,000 fought …
