by BIG BYTE | May 22, 2021 | Civil War, Diaries
For sixteen exhausting years, Ulysses S. Grant provided heroic, uninterrupted service to America. As a general in the Civil War in the west, commander of all Union forces, General of the Army after the war, and then eight years as President of the United States, he... 
by readmore | May 4, 2021 | African Americans, Civil War
Among the least-studied areas of Civil War history is the role played by enslaved African-Americans in helping Union soldiers return to their lines after escaping from Confederate prison camps. I have published many memoirs by Union soldiers who experienced this. To a...