Utah researches have been delving into the history of Utah's 'buffalo soldiers' and have created a heritage trail recalling ...

No Union victory in the Civil War came easier than the capture of ... The rebels never bothered to fill the gap. This is a map of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip created from Union reconnaissance ...

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

One of the most important battles in this theater was the one that began the Civil War: the Battle of Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The Battle of Fort Sumter started on April 12, 1861 ...

You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today, you can see for yourself where all the action happened by taking a ferry to the ...

In the years before the start of the Civil War, marked by the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, the U.S. military was already constructing defensive fortifications around major cities ...

We followed an original Civil War map to see what time had hidden—and what we found was unforgettable. From bullets to buttons, every relic holds a piece of history. Experience the thrill of discovery ...

On Museum Educator Ruth Reeder’s Civil War era map of Alexandria ... roads that parallel the rifle trenches that ran between the forts that defended the city’s turnpikes in the Civil War ...

A developer has unearthed human remains that could be two centuries old while digging to lay the foundation of a new Nashville project not far from a Civil War fort and a cemetery dating back to 1822.

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park will commemorate the first shots of the American Civil War on April 15 and April 16 with a special event. According to a press release ...

Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this ...

During the years preceding the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, often considered the start of the Civil War, the U.S. military was already busy building defensive fortifications around major cities.