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The 1913 Gettysburg Reunion
Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration
Abraham Lincoln and Race
Boy Soldiers in the Civil War
The Hicksford Raid
The Hidden History of the Civil War
John Pope and the Massacre of the Sioux
The Lumbee Tribe and the Civil War
The Union Army's Gen. Benjamin Butler
Abraham Lincoln and the American Military Tradition
Civil War and Reconstruction in the Far West
Confederate Starvation Parties
Debating Joseph Johnston
Exploring the Environmental History of the Civil War
"The Gray Ghost" John Singleton Mosby
Harriet Tubman and the Road to Freedom
Interview with Jeffry Wert
Leadership in the Army of Tennessee
Lincoln and His Generals
Reflecting on Lincoln in the 21st Century
Reflecting on the Work of Harold Holzer
Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
The 16th Connecticut's Final Year of WarThe 1913 Gettysburg ReunionAbraham Lincoln and American Immigration
Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, Lincoln Lyceum LectureAbraham Lincoln and RaceAbraham Lincoln and the American Military Tradition
African-Americans in the Confederate Army
African-American Soldiers in the Union Army
Anatomy of the Lost Cause
Archaeology of Camp Life, Civil War Institute
Artifacts of the Civil War, Civil War Institute
Barksdale's Assault: Civil War Institute
Battle of Antietam (2006)
Battle of Antietam (2021)
The Battle of the Crater, Civil War Institute
Battle Cry of Freedom
Black Americans and the End of Slavery
The Bloody Work at the Field Hospital, Civil War Institute
The Boy General, Francis C. Barlow's Civil War: Civil War InstituteBoy Soldiers in the Civil War
The Brown's Island Explosion of 1863, Civil War Institute
The Burning of Chambersburg
Buying and Selling the Civil War, Civil War InstituteCivil War and Reconstruction in the Far West
Civil War Cavalry
Civil War Medicine
The Civil War P.O.W Story
Civil War Wounds
Civilian Experiences during the Battle of Gettysburg: Civil War Institute
Classic Books of the Civil War
The Confederate Flag, Civil War Institute
Confederate HospitalConfederate Starvation Parties
Conversation with James Robertson: Civil War Institute
Custer and the Cavalry at Gettysburg
Debating EmancipationDebating Joseph Johnston
The Demobilization of Lee's Army, Civil War Institute
Eisenhower and Civil War Legacies
The Emergence of Ulysses S. Grant
Escaping Confederate Prisons: The Journey of Union POWs, Civil War Institute
Ethnic Soldiers in the Civil War
The Execution of Stonewall Jackson's Foot Soldiers
Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil WarExploring the Environmental History of the Civil War
George Gordon Meade, Civil War Institute"The Gray Ghost" John Singleton Mosby
The Guerrilla War in 1864Harriet Tubman and the Road to Freedom
Henry Halleck, Civil War InstituteThe Hicksford RaidThe Hidden History of the Civil War
Internationalizing the War, Civil War InstituteInterview with Jeffry Wert
Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War, Civil War Institute
John Bell Hoods Tennessee CampaignJohn Pope and the Massacre of the Sioux
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Repeats Appomattox
The Language of the Common Soldier, Civil War InstituteLeadership in the Army of Tennessee
Lee and His Lieutenants
Licensed Battlefield GuidesLincoln and His Generals
Lincoln and the Press
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Looking at the Dead at AntietamThe Lumbee Tribe and the Civil War
Meade at Gettysburg (2018)
Meade at Gettysburg (2021)
Meade's Pipe Creek Line
Medical History of Joshua Chamberlain and Stonewall Jackson
Medical Impact of the Civil War
Memorializing Gettysburg's Civil War Centennial, Civil War Institute
Mercenary Soldiers
Missouri Artist George Caleb Bingham and the Civil War
Myths and Realities of Civil War Battle Tactics, Civil War Institute
One President, Two Generals: Lincoln, McClellan, and Grant
The Peninsula Campaign and Black Confederates
The Philadelphia Gentleman, George Gordon Meade: Civil War Institute
Pornography, U.S. Soldiers, and the Civil War
Re-Assessment of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top: Civil War Institute
Reflecting on Grants MemoirsReflecting on Lincoln in the 21st CenturyReflecting on the Work of Harold Holzer
Removing Gettysburg's Confederate Dead to Virginia
River Operations in the Western Theater in 1862
Robert E. Lee, the Army of Northern Virginia, and the Reality of Confederate DefeatRobert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
The Root of Territorial Bitterness
The Roller-coaster Reputation of President Ulysses S. Grant
The Sand Creek Massacre
Seeing the Conflict through the Eyes of Leading Historians, Civil War Institute
Soldiers, Families and Morale in 1864
Treasures From The National Archives, Civil War Institute
The Trials of George Armstrong Custer, Civil War Institute
U.S. Colored Troops at the Battle of the Crater
U.S. Sanitary Commission
Ulysses S. Grant and the Meaning of Appomattox
Ulysses S. Grant and the Problem of Virginia in 1864The Union Army's Gen. Benjamin Butler