History does not usually make real sense until long afterward.
Even the most painstaking history is a bridge across an eternal mystery.
Shiloh had as many casualties as Waterloo, and yet there were another 20 Waterloos to come.
Like most Rebel soldiers, Sam Watkins owned no slaves.
The 1860 election became a referendum on the southern way of life.
The Confederate Constitution was almost identical to that of the United States.
