According to Timothy B. Smith, a history lecturer at the University of Tennessee at Martin, the Battle of Shiloh was the first big battle in the American Civil War. “20,000 dead in two days of ...

They also spoke about Reconstruction in Tennessee ... about his book Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering During the Civil War and Recon… Professor Tracy McKenzie talked ...

Historic Collinsville in rural Montgomery County has announced a series of special events, June 13-15. “Civil War Days” will ...

More on the war: The shortest American Civil War summary you'll ever read ... North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas and Tennessee then joined the Confederacy, according to History.com.

When I traveled to Franklin, TN, going to the historic Civil War sites wasn’t exactly my ... to tell the “Fuller Story” of ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... In two days at Shiloh, on the banks of the Tennessee River, more American men fell than in all the previous American wars combined.

Her grandparents moved from Tennessee ... a Civil War veteran was buried on their property. And the Moores told them something they had hoped to hear – that there is an unmarked African American ...

In the opening chapter of Kings and Generals' Civil War series, we explore the deep-rooted causes behind America’s bloodiest ...

The American Civil War was a watershed moment in the nation ... The Battle of Fort Henry took place in western Tennessee, near the Kentucky border. It was a key Confederate stronghold that ...

Unfortunately, a basic understanding of the American Civil War has seemingly been lost ... North Carolina, and Tennessee. One of President Abraham Lincoln’s most critical moments was on ...

American Cruise Lines is offering a new 35-day itinerary offering travelers the chance to visit nearly all major battlefields of the American Civil War from Fort Sumter to ... from the Mississippi ...