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

If you're looking for a vacation that will transport you back in time, a weekend at this historic fort in upstate New York ...

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 ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — A wildfire swept through portions of a Civil War-era fort and historical site in southern New Mexico, ...

The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

Brian Maloney remembers taking family road trips to Gettysburg and Fort Sumter and other historical sites, but never realized ...

California was never a hotbed of Civil ... in the Civil War.” “Mostly what California did for the Union was send money.” And, she says, historical sites from that era — forts, armories ...

The Civil War lingers in memory as brutal and heartbreaking ... Meanwhile, the Confederate noose was tightening around Fort Sumter, in the waters off Charleston, where the Northern garrison ...

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 ...

An example of such a post (archived) on social media was shared to X on Feb. 26, 2025, and read, in part: The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp.

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 ...