The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...

The American Civil War was defined not only by its political and moral issues, but by a series of brutal, high-casualty battles. These conflicts altered the nation’s history and landscape. Fought on ...

Battle of Franklin. November 30, 1864 (Library of Congress). The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on opposite sides ...

A new historical marker in Premont honors the Battle of Los Patricios, a Civil War battle fought in South Texas that history books largely ignored.

On Dec. 15, 1864 — 160 years ago today — the Battle of Nashville began. Just weeks after his defeats at Spring Hill and Franklin, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood again tried to take his Army of ...

JACKSON, MI - The Jackson Civil War Muster, with its reenactments and pageantry, returned Saturday to Cascades Falls Park. The two-day event that ends Sunday, Aug. 25, includes battles, artillery ...

One hundred sixty years ago, a series of battles and engagements in Virginia between the Rapidan and James Rivers determined the outcome of America’s Civil War. It is known as the Overland Campaign, ...

This weekend, more than 2,000 people will participate in the reenactment of the Battle of Bentonville on the 160th anniversary of this Civil War battle. It will take place an hour south of Raleigh at ...