One such story revisits the notorious “Vicksburg Gamblers,” a group of rowdy card players who disrupted a Fourth of July ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 4, 1863, proved a crucial turning point of the Civil War, although it took Union forces nearly seven months to capture the city. Dr. Chris Mackowski, ...

The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with key battles fought in places like Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina ...

After losing five battles in little more than two weeks, he fell back on the defenses of Vicksburg. This was a devastating blow to his morale and that of his troops. This naturally elated Grant and ...

This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of war ... the fall of Vicksburg, the New York draft riots, the first use of black troops, and the western battles at Chickamauga ...