Among other things, “1861” portrays the waiting game that Maj. Robert Anderson faced as he commanded Fort Sumter and faced ...

Historian Jay Winik writes about the leadup to the outbreak of the Civil War in “1861: The Lost Peace.” The' Andrew DeMillo ...

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April ... at Fort Sumter. The political intrigue leading up to 1861 rivals ...