How did Civil War soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence of army life during the conflict? This question is at the heart of Peter S. Carmichael'

In the Shenandoah Valley and Peninsula Campaigns of 1862, Union and Confederate soldiers faced unfamiliar and harsh environmental conditions--strange terrain, t

William Wiley was typical of most soldiers who served in the armies of the North and South during the Civil War. A poorly educated farmer from Peoria, he enlist

The Story of a Comman Soldier is the description of Leander Stillwell's experiences as an average soldier in the Union Army.

Explains the motivation of ordinary soldiers to enlist, serve and fight in the armies of eighteenth-century Europe.