Battle of Shiloh: The Devil's Own Day
At a small Methodist meeting house in southwestern Tennessee, Union and Confederate armies met for a "must-win" battle in the spring of 1862. No one, however, expected the bloodbath that ensued. It was, said General William Sherman, "the Devil's own day."

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Visiting Stonewall Jackson’s Left Arm at Chancellorsville
Stonewall Jackson’s left arm lies a-mouldering in its grave, with its own grave marker.

America's Civil War: The Fall of Richmond
While Jefferson Davis and his stunned Cabinet crowded onto a refugee-jammed train, thousands of less exalted Richmond residents wandered the fire-reddened streets of the capital.