As the rebels have gained ground, they have detained thousands of prisoners of war. Their enemy, the junta, keeps few ...

The American Civil War is a pivotal and ugly moment in American history, but it's more misunderstood than you would think. We're breaking down some myths about Lincoln, women soldiers, racist ...

Embeth Davidtz remembers the violence — and the fear. When she was 8, she moved from bucolic New Jersey, with its rolling ...

An expert has issued an ominous civil war warning and predicts there could be a tense breaking point in the US in the next ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

A new study has found that most Americans do not expect a civil war to occur in the near future, and even fewer believe such ...

Edward Kelley faced a separate prosecution for targeting federal agents while he was being investigated for his role in the ...

Historian Patrick O’Donnell spotted an intriguing roadside marker and then spent six years researching a part of the Civil ...

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

Experience the courage of those at the Battle of Gettysburg with emotional reenactments, educational talks and vivid military ...

Some of the re-enactments included interpreters trying to recruit for the union army and a live march and drill with soldiers ...

More than a century after his passing, Private John Haap, a Civil War Army veteran, was honored with a tombstone dedication ...