Jonathan Gianos-Steinberg

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First Bull Run: The History of the Civil War’s First Major Battle

First Bull Run: The History of the Civil War’s First Major Battle

After Fort Sumter, the Lincoln Administration pushed for a quick invasion of Virginia, with the intent of defeating Confederate forces and marching toward the Confederate capitol of Richmond. Lincoln pressed General Irvin McDowell to push forward....

First Bull Run: The History of the Civil War’s First Major Battle

First Bull Run: The History of the Civil War’s First Major Battle

After the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 ignited the Civil War, many in the North expected a relatively quick victory, including President Abraham Lincoln. While that seems naïve in hindsight, given the knowledge that the war lasted over four...

Fort Donelson: The History of the Victory that Earned Ulysses S. Grant the Nickname “Unconditional Surrender”

Fort Donelson: The History of the Victory that Earned Ulysses S. Grant the Nickname “Unconditional Surrender”

In January of 1862, Grant persuaded General Henry “Old Brains” Halleck to allow his men to launch a campaign on the Tennessee River. As soon as Halleck acquiesced, Grant moved against Fort Henry, in close coordination with the naval command of Flag...

Fort Henry: The History of the Union’s First Major Victory in the West during the Civil War

Fort Henry: The History of the Union’s First Major Victory in the West during the Civil War

While the Lincoln Administration and most Northerners were preoccupied with trying to capture Richmond in the summer of 1861, it would be the little-known Ulysses S. Grant who delivered the Union’s first major victories, over a thousand miles away...

Shiloh: The History of the First Major Battle in the Western Theater during the Civil War

Shiloh: The History of the First Major Battle in the Western Theater during the Civil War

After Union General Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in early 1862, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston, widely considered the Confederacy’s best general, concentrated his forces in northern Georgia and prepared for a...

The Secession of the South: The History of the Confederacy’s Establishment Before the Civil War

The Secession of the South: The History of the Confederacy’s Establishment Before the Civil War

The election of Abraham Lincoln was the impetus for the secession of the South, but that was merely one of many events that led up to the formation of the Confederacy and the start of the Civil War. Sectional hostility over the issue of slavery had...