The Gatling Gun was perhaps the most under-utilized weapon in the Union’s arsenal.
Ian Delahanty
“So Nearly White”: The Fight to Commission a Black Officer
Was it possible to commission an African-American soldier as an officer in the Union Army and in the same act not commission an African-American soldier as an officer in the Union Army?
The Complicated Story of the Irish in the New York City Draft Riots
Most people who are passingly familiar with the Civil War or who have seen the film Gangs of New York likely know that Irish immigrants were the chief culprits in one of the most infamous incidents in that conflict: the New York City Draft Riots.