The Civil War is the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history. It’s estimated that roughly 620,000 soldiers lost ... the LeMat had a 9-shot revolving cylinder as well as a secondary barrel that was ...

2 Union soldiers receive posthumous Medal of Honor for daring Civil War train theft 01:55. For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished ...

Even though the Civil War has been thoroughly studied for over 160 years, new discoveries are still being made. Last spring, a Civil War-era cannonball was found in the backyard of a Virginia home.

When soldiers of the South massed around Richmond at the beginning of the Civil War, the city needed more than drill fields and barracks. Richmond needed hospitals, lots of hospitals.

On Juneteenth, Raleigh pays tribute to the often-overlooked U.S. Colored Troops who played a pivotal role in the Union's ...

T he Civil War was the deadliest war in America’s history. More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives, and the conflict had ...

The pistol saw action with the Confederate Army and Navy, and was theoretically the most lethal handgun of the American Civil War. The LeMat was a nine-cylinder .42 caliber revolver.

Leading historians aim to restore and grow respect for enslaved people and their descendants on Juneteenth, commemorating the ...