The president has pandered to his MAGA base through the subterfuge of re-renaming forts after soldiers with the same last ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

What Was the Civil War? Between 1861 and 1865, the Union, or northern states, and the Confederacy, or southern states, fought each other in the American Civil War.

CULPEPER — The final resting place of Civil War Gen. A.P. Hill has been anything but that, as his remains were put in the ground, dug up and moved, three times in the 19th century.

The Civil War killed almost 700,000 American lives with many more being wounded, making it the most terrible war in our country’s history.

This coming Wednesday, April 9, our great Union of states will officially be celebrating the 160th Anniversary of the official End of the Civil War with General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to ...

An American Civil War monument on the Jessamine County Courthouse lawn in Kentucky honors those who fought in the Confederacy. But the statue wears a Union soldier’s hat.

As the deadliest war in United States history, the Civil War is a period many would like to forget. However, it’s impossible to erase the importance of a multi-year conflict that almost ...

How Black Civil War Patriots Should Be Remembered This Veterans Day 8 minute read An African American Union soldier of the American Civil War, seated, in a studio portrait, circa 1863. Getty Images ...

Civil War Reenactors Aren’t Just Play-Acting. They Expect a War. A visit to a battle reenactment in rural Virginia revealed some surprising views about U.S. politics—and broad pessimism about ...

From classic epics like 'Gone With the Wind' to recent psychological thrillers like 'The Beguiled', here are the 20 best American Civil War movies of all time, ranked.

The American Civil War was fought by some of the most famous military strategists of all time, but not all of them had any business being in charge. Whether because of cowardice, foolishness, or ...