The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

The Civil War was the deadliest conflict ever fought on American soil with approximately 620,000 fatalities, according to History.com. Recent analysis could even suggest these numbers are higher ...

Dunning died in 1922, but his scheme to put a Confederate spin on Civil War history worked all the way up to the 1960s civil rights movement, when Du Bois’s non-racist theory about the positive ...

In a surprising historical tribute, the city of Rożnowo, Poland hosts a detailed reenactment of the American Civil War.

Battery A of the 2nd U.S. Colored Artillery, circa 1863. A new book about Civil War historiography says it was Northern citizens’ commitment to the idea of a perpetual Union, far more than the ...

With the Civil War’s history and framing becoming a recurrent theme in the days before crucial presidential primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire, we thought we’d clarify the causes and run-up ...

A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery. In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict.

VISITORS can step onto a Civil War battlefield as history is brought to life later this month. The Sealed Knot re-enactors will shed light on The Battle of Hartlebury during an event at Hartlebury ...

During the Civil War, Hanby wrote songs to support emancipation. His biggest wartime hit was “Ole Shady,” which claimed to have lyrics written by an actual enslaved man but were probably ...

Although Stephanie McCurry, the R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of History at Columbia University, does not round up these stories in her tightly focused book, Women’s War: Fighting and Surviving the ...

A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery. In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict.