Sarah Handley-Cousins

Is it possible to write a good Civil War romance?

Beyond the "casualty numbers and bloodshed," a new history takes into account the "social and structural issues" of disability among soldiers and veterans.

Suicide during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

"Able-bodied” doesn't always mean “able to work.”

America's unconditional love of the Civil War has blinded us to its true meaning.

Tourist-driven curiosity about the so-called "haunted asylum" has led many to overlook the real people who once were institutionalized within these hospitals.