History of Confederate Troop Strength

Fascinating graph of fluctuating Confederate troop strength over the war's four years. (Hat tip to Civil War Bookshelf.)

Antietam Photos

A nice series of recent black and white views of Antietam National Battlefield, by photographer Darin Boville.

Rally on the High Ground

Rally on the High Ground: The National Park Service Symposium on the Civil War, is available as an online book.

The National Park Service, the National Park Foundation, and Eastern National sponsored a symposium on May 8 and 9, 2000 at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC. They brought together many of the leading scholars on the Civil War era with park managers, interpreters and educators to explore new research and interpretations of this period of American history. This symposium, Rally on the High Ground, became much larger and more important than the sponsors envisioned. It was broadcast nationally on C-Span, and many of the nation's leading media sources covered the event. The papers from this symposium are published here in Rally on the High Ground: The National Park Service Symposium on the Civil War. A 120-page paperback edition is available for purchase. (Just follow the link, above, to the order form.)

Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence

Reprint of article from Studies In Intelligence, a journal published by CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence.