Medicine on the battlefield has always been inspired by urgency and improvisation, and the American Civil War highlights just how much human courage contributed to advancements.

The year is 1849. Martin Van Buren has just been sworn in for his fourth term as president. Every state from the Carolinas on south secedes from the Union. The U.S. Army occupies Richmond to keep ...

The American Civil War remains one of the most studied and debated periods in U.S. history, as well as our most tragic conflict. However, this infamous war is also one of the most misunderstood. Over ...

How the intensifying religious visions of North and South erupted into civil war. In his second inaugural address, delivered as the Civil War neared its end, Abraham Lincoln turned not to politics but ...