The Hilton Head park has historical significance to the holiday: it was the site of a Civil War-era freedman's town, where formerly enslaved people were brought to start a new life.

Browse key Civil War facts and dates and learn about the people, places and events surrounding the Civil War.

Stanley B. Burns, MD, the Mercy Street on-set Medical, Historical and Technical Advisor, shares photos from The Burns Archive and an essay about hospitals during the Civil War-era.

Lizzie Robinson Jenkins of Archer wants to make sure that the Civil War-era town of Rosewood is not forgotten.

The court-ordered release of a trove of government photos, videos, maps and other documents involving the FBI’s secretive search for Civil War-era gold has a treasure hunter more convinced than ...

Of all the portrayals and demonstrations Friday at Historic Hanna’s Town, Waylon Bizup was most excited about the weaponry. “I liked the cannon,” 10-year-old Waylon said. &ldquo ...

PONTOTOC - Most people think of cannons and musket fire as well as the drum and fife when they envision the Civil War in America which took place from April 12, 1861, through May 9, 1865.

Arts Blast from the past: Evoke Tintype in Revere keeps Civil War-era photography technique alive Armed with a 1940s' Deardorff camera, Maureen Feeley and Dave Caramello are able to capture the ...

Under court order, the FBI has released a trove of photos, videos, maps and other documents involving its secretive search for Civil War-era gold ...