Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

The American Civil War wasn't just a battle between states—it was a showcase of incredible military talent. From 1861 to 1865, certain soldiers earned reputations that struck fear into enemy hearts.

What did the Civil War do to railroading? The changes were rapid, profound, lasting, and formed the real basis of truly ...

Uniforms are used for identification as well as to provide a sense of unity during any conflict, and the American Civil War ...

The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many southerners felt that there was no longer a place for them in the Union ... Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate ...

"Incidents of the war ... Civil War 7 million — Number of Americans lost if 2.5% of the population died in war today 2.1 million — Number of Northerners mobilized to fight for the Union army ...

Lowe, Chief of the Aeronautic Corps of the Army of the United States During the Civil War: My Balloons ... in the Civil War,” The American Historical Review 42, no. 4 (1937): 652–69; F. Stansbury ...

The American Civil War is a pivotal and ... a war just to preserve the Union; freeing the enslaved population was now an official objective for Lincoln and his army. It emboldened the ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened to sap the fighting strength of the Northern army ... to free Black American parents ...

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

Groups like Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War worked together to research information on 15 veterans so their graves would no longer be unmarked.