This week marks 161 years since Union and Confederate troops met in The Battle of Fort Myers.It was one of the 10,000 places where the Civil War was fought, to paraphrase the opening narration in Ken ...

As anger about the presence of ICE in Minneapolis divided the nation, Americans turned to the American Civil War for ...

The sprawling city Murfreesboro was once a tiny town of about 3,000 people during one of the most consequential battles of ...

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The 1989 film "Glory" was both an awesome movie and a (relatively) faithful depiction of the all-Black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, culminating with the unit's stunning assault on Confederate ...

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, ...

There might not be a lot of mystery surrounding how the Civil War turned out when it ended in April 1865. In the simplest of oversimplified nutshells: The Union defeated the Confederacy. The nation ...

The United States has seen its share of wars, but the bloodiest battles fought on American soil occurred largely during the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and conflicts with Indigenous peoples.

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 ...

Missouri was a border state during the American Civil War, and Missourians fought on both sides of the war. Battles raged across every corner of the state. In Southeast Missouri, close to the vital ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Garry Adelman, a historian, rates nine American Civil War battles in movies. He comments on the Civil War-era artillery and rifles on display in "Free State of Jones" ...

An annual event highlighting civic history returns to Van Raalte Farm Park in September. The 16th Annual Van Raalte Farm Civil War Muster runs Sept. 20-21 at 1076 E. 16th St. in Holland, with hours ...