It's not a history of the Civil War in the West, but throws fresh light on aspects of the war there, a theater which “has long been pushed to the side by events in the Eastern Theater, but it was in ...

Timothy Smith, an award-winning author of the Civil War in the West, offers us this look at the life and wars of Albert Sidney Johnston, the first Confederate commander in the theater, whom he ...

Virginia (about 95 miles west of Richmond). Thanks to its comprehensive collection of Confederate artifacts, weapons and art, this museum is a required stop for Civil War buffs. American Civil War ...

Housed in the restored Jefferson Barracks 1905 Post Exchange Building, the Missouri Civil War Museum is the oldest active military installation west of ... There's also a theater on-site.