The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861.

Some great TV shows use the American Civil War as a backdrop or as a major narrative pillar. Here are the best ones.

Every nation has a story that is retold with the words – it was the darkest time in our history. For the United States, that ...

Live Science reports that archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a forgotten and grim event of the Civil War. On ...

Graves unearthed in northern Greece contain bones widely believed to be from victims of the country's civil war in the late 1940s ...

The 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon this week will trigger complex and mixed emotions for those who lived through it.

UC Berkeley, long a symbol of progressive values, is bracing for funding cuts and immigration actions by U.S. President ...