American Civil War | War History

History Hack – Fantastic Podcasts Beating Lockdown Blues

Timing, as they say is everything. With everyone currently at home under confinement there has never been a better time to launch a series of…

Civil War Cannonball Exploded & Killed 140 Years After it Was Fired

Sam White was a dyed-in-the-wool Civil War fanatic. He was never happier than when he was searching for Civil War relics or restoring those that…

The Day the South Nearly Won the Civil War

It has become an accepted historical fact that the South could not have won the American Civil War. The North’s advantages in finance, population, railroads,…

Restoration of Nuclear Bunkers: Only For The Brave

The standard design for each bunker was approximately 13 feet by 16 feet, with access provided by a 14 foot deep shaft with a ladder.…

Hood’s Texas Brigade: The Elite Confederate Shock Troops

Hood led his brigade in a fast and aggressive attack that broke through the Union center, throwing the entire Northern army into disarray. On the…

A Controversial Decision About Lee & Jackson Statues in Charlottesville

Judge Richard Moore in Charlottesville, Virginia has ruled that statues of Lee and Jackson are war memorials and cannot be moved. This was after a…

The Enloe Stone: The Grave That hid Weapons & Valuables in the Civil War

Though leading an army of an estimated 12,000 soldiers, General Price believed the Union forces protecting Jefferson City to be too formidable. At the outbreak…

Robert E. Lee. & The US Camel Corps That Never Were

Showing the typical hubris and racial bias of the time, Wayne declared that Americans could “manage camels not only as well, but better than the…

The Battle of Little Big Horn: Custers Ultimate Humiliation

“I have seen my people prepare for battle many times,” she said, “and this I know: that the Sioux that morning had no thought of…

Propaganda Of The American Civil War – Started Years Before The Outbreak

While it is commonly thought that the First World War was the first war in which war propaganda was widespread, propaganda goes back earlier than…

The Successful Unionist Rebellion in the Heart of Dixie

It is difficult to pin many killings directly to Knight and his men, but numerous tax collectors, conscription officers, and Confederate government supporters were killed…

The Ghosts of Gettysburg: A Haunted History of a Battlefield

According to witnesses and researchers, paranormal activity is stronger in Gettysburg than anywhere else. It even has phantom perfumes! Gettysburg is a small town in…