The American Civil War was a defining chapter in the country's history. From the opening shots at Fort Sumter in 1861 to the surrender at Appomattox in 1865, the war touched nearly every corner of the ...

Historians say that Sarah Emma Edmonds exaggerated many aspects of her wartime experiences. Still, she bravely served in the Union Army, becoming one of hundreds of women who fought in the conflict in ...

Hood County, Texas, has been shaken by a civil war between traditional Republicans and a far-right faction of the party ...

John Brough founded The Cincinnati Enquirer in 1841. But his victory in the strange Ohio governor’s race during the Civil War ...

After the Civil War ended in 1865, nearly 4,000 Union soldiers who had died as prisoners of war were reinterred at Richmond National Cemetery. Since then, it has grown to ...

In 1946 there were still 16 survivors of the Civil War living in Texas, all of whom were more than 100 years old. They lived ...

The health system has been decimated. Although violence has fallen, emergency funding is still well short of needs. Sharmila ...

Are Americans more divided than ever? We frequently hear this from TV talk shows or even in social media posts. But seriously, the division within the citizenry today cannot compare to the Civil War ...

Arizona's 1864 abortion law is officially off the books. With the territorial era ban gone, the law defaults to a 15-week ...

The Limits of the Lost Cause on Civil War Memory is highly recommended for serious students of the war and its ongoing effects on society. Note: The Limits of the Lost Cause on Civil War Memory is ...

Shippensburg Area Civil War Roundtable will meet Tuesday, September 17, at 7 PM at Christ United Methodist Church, 47 East King Street, Shippensburg.

Civil War—writer-director Alex Garland's dystopian look at a fractured future America starring Kirsten Dunst—is new on Max this week. A24 released Civil War in theaters on April 12.