Leon Bibb shares the story of the volunteer soldiers who protected a young city — and the fortress that still carries their ...

Trevilians was the largest cavalry battle of the Civil War. Arguments to the contrary have been advanced pointing to Brandy Station in Culpeper County, but Trevilians in Louisa County was ...

Although most of the war books can be based on theories of war or experiences told from 30,000 feet, Ross Berkoff didn’t want ...

The African American Civil War Memorial Museum (AACWM) held its annual Reading of the Names on Nov. 11, honoring more than 200,000 United States Colored Troops. While the event marked a major moment ...

More than five years after it was vandalized and removed, the pedestal that formerly held a bronze statue intended to commemorate Colorado’s role in the Civil War has been taken away from the west ...

Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...

A long-buried episode from the Civil War is finally coming to light, as archaeologists and local historians search for the ...

John Ford is best known for his Westerns, but he has also directed several war movies over his career, and these are his best of those films ranked.

Explore Mississippi national parks rich in history, culture, and natural beauty, offering unforgettable experiences every ...

The City of Hickman, Kentucky dedicated an “In Memory Of” headstone to John Hughey, who served in the U.S. Army.

Brigadier Gen. Joe Shelby, renowned for his Missouri cavalry raid in 1863 where his “Iron Brigade," of Missouri volunteers covered 1,500 miles, -- the longest raid in the Civil War -- surprising Union ...