July 13th, 1863, New York City: The Colored Orphan Asylum is under siege. A cauldron of resentment, anti-authority, and racial tensions rise as the city becomes a battleground for Irish immigrants ...

“Draft Evasion in the North during the Civil War, 1863–1865,” Journal of American History, 67, no. 4 (Mar 1981), 816–34; Matthew Gallman, Defining Duty in the Civil War: Personal Choice, Popular ...

The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 4, 1863, proved a crucial turning point of the Civil War, although it took Union forces nearly seven months to capture the city. Dr. Chris Mackowski, ...