The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

This was the attack the Union commander, George Meade, had expected, but a desperate fight ensued as all reserves were thrown into the battle. The Confederate army advanced to the base of the ...

The Union commander, General George Meade, had expected an attack from this direction and deployed his reserves into the fight. The Confederate army was able to retain control of the Rock Creek ...

the confederate forces were renamed the Army of Northern Virginia when Robert E. Lee assumed command on June 1, 1862, in a battle to defend the city of Richmond from Union forces. Before taking ...

During the war, over one million soldiers received care in Union military hospitals, and perhaps a similar number in Confederate hospitals. Mercy Street is set in Alexandria Virginia, a ...