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

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

Is civil war looming in the United States? This has been a recurring contention among some political commentators and ...

They were on opposite sides during Syria's civil war and now must do lifesaving work together. A makeshift brick wall divides ...

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

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

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

Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861, by Robert W. Merry. Simon & Schuster, 528 pages. With Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South ...

IrishCentral Contributor Joseph Connell explores how Ireland's Civil War ignited with the shelling of Ireland's most prominent court buildings.

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

Learn about the world's top hotspots with this interactive Global Conflict Tracker from the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Daniel Hough, a Tipperary man, was the first casualty in the US Civil War, where he served with the Union Army at Ford Sumter.