Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the ...

In this first episode of Kings and Generals’ animated series on the American Civil War, we explore the core causes of the ...

"What happened in Bloomington 169 years ago ... ignited Lincoln's march to the presidency and eventually led to emancipation, ...

A mural celebrating 169 years since Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "lost speech" in Bloomington was unveiled Thursday ...

The Libertyville Historical Society is racing to save the rapidly deteriorating 165-year-old banner by fundraising $30,000 to ...

Archaeologists in Virginia unearthed four skeletons, including one with a bullet in the spine, and three amputated legs.

The smell of campfires and gunpowder were in the air at Burton Century Village Museum and Historical Education Center’s Civil War re-enactment. The encampment took place on May 24 at 14653 E. Park St.

Just in case Abraham Lincoln ever wishes to give an encore performance of that famous speech he delivered in 1863 at ...

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865 ...