After we discovered it, Roberta and I always stop at Fox’s Gap. There is the Reno Monument, where the 39-year-old general died. It’s strange and a bit eerie to stand in the spot where someone was shot ...

At the height of the Civil War, a smuggler-turned-Union spy came up with a daring plan. Leading a team of two dozen Union soldiers from Ohio, James Andrews would sneak behind enemy lines, steal a ...

Discover the story of Robert C. Tyler, the last general killed in action during the Civil War, whose final resting place lies in Georgia. This exploration sheds light on his life, legacy, and the ...

Cecily Zander, an assistant professor of history at the University of Wyoming, has earned the 2025 Center for Civil War Research’s Wiley-Silver Prize for the best first book in Civil War history. This ...

A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.