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

Trace the real causes of the American Civil War in this first part of a detailed historical series, covering the key events ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

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

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

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