History came to life this weekend at the Honey Springs Battlefield as reenactors, historians and visitors gathered to honor ...

The National Museum of Civil War Medicine announced this week that its 20-year management of an historic home at Antietam National Battlefield has come to an end. The building will no longer be open ...

Join us on an immersive journey as we visit iconic sites of the American Civil War, each providing an opportunity to remember and reflect upon our nation's history. Learn how Harper's Ferry inflamed ...

Cavalry, Cannons and dozens of foot soldiers poured onto a mock battlefield in front of a live audience as part of a reenactment of a Civil War-era skirmish. The battle, the first of the day, was ...

On Dec. 15, 1864 — 160 years ago today — the Battle of Nashville began. Just weeks after his defeats at Spring Hill and Franklin, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood again tried to take his Army of ...

The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...

Veterans Day is a national holiday observed annually on November 11 to honor American veterans of all wars. While Memorial Day honors those who died in military service, Veterans Day celebrates all ...

The US state of Virginia saw some 50% of the nation's Civil War casualties. Now, mass construction of AI data centres is encroaching on historic lands, the environment and local communities. As the ...

The American Revolution (1775-83) enabled the 13 English colonies to form a new nation; the American Civil War (1861-65) corrected a major defect in our Constitution (1787). Over 700,000 Americans ...

Part 2 of 3. The American Civil War enters its second year in the summer of 1862, becoming a more brutal conflict than anyone ever imagined. The death toll continues to rise on both sides by the ...