Author Darin Wipperman provides a tantalizing glimpse into the world of Berdan’s sharpshooters during the American Civil War.

Jamelle Bouie, a columnist at the New York Times, has recently been drawing a lot of parallels between what’s going on in the ...

President Donald Trump, speaking about war as he attempts to decide whether or not to actively support Israel by bombing Iran, appeared to confuse America’s war for independence —the Revolutionary War ...

Even so, the American Civil War was relatively contained compared with what happened to Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, to Bosnia after the breakup of Yugoslavia, or to Congo from 1998 to 2003.

America is at war with itself. Many, myself included, fear that political, social, cultural, ideological and economic ...

The Kings and Generals animated documentary series launches its new chapter on the American Civil War with an in-depth look ...

EFFECTS OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. Share full article. Aug. 29, 1865. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from August 29, 1865, Page 2 Buy Reprints.

Mr. W.E. FORSTER (Liberal) wished the question to be considered merely from an English point of view. No one felt more acutely than himself the evils which the war in America had inflicted, not ...

If America succumbs to a second civil war or other widespread political violence, the answers to those questions will become the dividing line. As the truism goes, no one hates like family.

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 ...

This year begins the Civil War Sesquicentennial. It is a time when many reflect and relive the events of the last war that took place on American soil. In telling the Army’s Story “One Soldier ...

Now, 150 years later, TIME looks back at the American Civil War… in color. We commissioned Swedish artist Sanna Dullaway to restore and colorize some of the most iconic images shot, in black and ...