A Civil War veteran born into slavery in Louisiana is among nine Union soldiers with new grave markers at Greenfield Cemetery ...

This episode explores the beginnings of the American Civil War, from deepening divisions over slavery to the firing on Fort ...

Brutal battles, outdated tactics, and groundbreaking weaponry collided in a war that would claim more American lives than any ...

Modern American business and government were shaped directly and indirectly by a military model of administration During the war, writes Mark R. Wilson in "The Business of Civil War." ...

The Civil War was the deadliest conflict ever fought on American soil with approximately 620,000 fatalities, according to History.com. Recent analysis could even suggest these numbers are higher ...

The Civil War started in April 1861 and raged for over four years. From Fort Sumter to Appomattox and beyond, here are the most basic facts you need.

I fear that there is a looming civil war on the horizon. It is not yet inevitable, but all true American patriots must be prepared for the coming battle. And the costs in blood will be heavy. This ...

Even so, the American Civil War was relatively contained compared with what happened to Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, to Bosnia after the breakup of Yugoslavia, or to Congo from 1998 to 2003.

A world war on American soil: How the Civil War became a global struggle When the Union and the Confederacy charged into battle in 1861, the whole world was watching — and waiting By Don H. Doyle ...

In the living room of his house in Rappahannock, Virginia, filmmaker Ron Maxwell brings up the 2008 book from which that quote is drawn: This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War.

The families of American Civil War veterans offer new evidence of trauma's long shadow. In a study focused on the children of Union soldiers who were held in Confederate prisoner of war camps ...

“The Vicksburg National Military Park was created to memorialize the events of the soldiers that fought and really became a ...