The Hornet’s Nest looks much like it did on those two bloody days in 1862. A wooden split-rail fence lines the sunken dirt lane at the edge of a dense oak thicket that has become an icon of the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

MOBILE, Alabama-- "All battles are tragic," Winston Groom writes in his stunning new history, "Shiloh, 1862" (National Geographic, $30). But as he then goes on to prove for over 400 pages, Shiloh ...

would be a little intimidated covering such well-trod ground. Groom said the biggest challenge in approaching his new book "Shiloh, 1862" (National Geographic, $30) was "bringing a freshness to it.

We at The Republican are launching a four-year project to tell the story of how our community coped with 48 months of war, from April of 1861 to April of 1865. On the first Sunday of each month we ...

Groom enhances his solid reputation as a writer of general audience military history with this narrative of the Civil War’s first major battle in the west. Shiloh was fought by armies unprepared in ...