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“If it is necessary that I should fall on the battlefield for . . . my courage does not halt or falter” – Major Sullivan Ballou, 1861, prior to the Battle of Bull RunIn Courage Under Fire, award-winning >>

Southern pride-the notion that the South's character distinguishes it from the rest of the country-had a profound impact on how and why Confederates fought the Civil War, and continued to mold their psyche >>

An Award-Winning Historian Dramatically Re-Creates a Turning Point of the Civil WarIt was one of the most startling events of the civil war, the "hour of destiny" for the Union. Faced with the prospect >>