More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865: The Month That Saved America." His latest book covers the period of time ...

Main Street Theater this week unwraps "A Civil War Christmas," the most unusual performing-arts gift Houston will receive this holiday season. The show weaves a tapestry of vignettes and songs ...

During the Christmas of 1861, there still existed dreams the war would still be a short affair. Five Vermont regiments, now all together as the Vermont Brigade, were clustered in the field around ...

Santa was dressed in red and white striped pants, a blue jacket with white stars and tall black boots. His beard was white, his glasses were wire-rimmed and his eyes had a twinkle. The Civil War Santa ...

As America closes a divisive year that also, fittingly, included a host of anniversary events commemorating America's bloody Civil War, we find our Christmas time thoughts turning backward rather than ...

3 Review: A Realistic and Involving STEREOPHONIC at National Theatre Eleven years later, Vogel's "A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration," debuted at the Long Wharf Theatre in New ...

1861: The Lost Peace. By Jay Winik. Grand Central Publishing. 304 pages. $35. More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April ...