Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...

The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with key battles fought in places like Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South ...

With Louisiana’s militias off fighting in Virginia and Tennessee, the job of defending the Crescent City fell to two forts ...

The American Civil War ended with the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia on April 9, 1865. At the Varnum Armory Museum, a band playing Civil War era music played some tunes, and several ...

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia (top) and Chickamauga, Georgia (bottom) were the sites of two Civil War battles. Eliot Dudik In “Poem of Wonder at the Resurrection of the Wheat,” Walt Whitman ...

Bruton Parish Church officials hung a new plaque explaining an existing Civil War-era tablet that honors dead Confederate soldiers from the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg. The installation took place ...

A Union soldier from the Civil War was laid to rest once ... fighting in several significant battles, including the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, Virginia. “Can you imagine being stuck ...

He had set out from the original capital at Montgomery, Alabama, soon after Virginia seceded from ... preferring to name Civil War battles for towns instead of watercourses—was a fierce battle ...

The New Madrid Historical Museum in Missouri celebrates 50 years, showcasing the town's rich history from Native American heritage to Civil War battles ... Dot Halstead and Virginia Carlson ...

In dramatic scenes that appear to mark a turning point in nearly two years of civil war, Sudan’s military ... weapons since the start of the war. Map of Sudan highlighting Khartoum.

Join National Park Ranger Gregory Wolf at Manannas/Bull Run to discover fascinating insights about the two battles that occurred here. Join correspondent Tom Wilmer reporting from Northern Virginia at ...