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

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It was on April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant.

This coming Wednesday, April 9, our great Union of states will officially be celebrating the 160th Anniversary of the official End of the Civil War with General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to ...

America’s favorite pastime is swinging into Middletown next month, but it’ll look a little different than the modern-day game.

The small plaque that stands in Elm Park marks a major contribution that Worcester made in the fight against chattel slavery.

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

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

His death came just five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered in the Civil War. Notes compiled by Scott D. Trostel, and held by the Clark County Historical Society, say Lincoln ...

There is no duty for any government more fundamental than protecting its people. The Constitution speaks of the “common ...

Nor will the plaque formerly attached to a wall in the capitol rotunda honoring combatants on both sides of the Civil War ... the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee on horseback that looms over ...

Using innovative cartographic tools, she has cast fresh light on hoary historical debates—What was Robert E. Lee thinking at ... has been well received by Civil War scholars.

In the noonday heat of July 11, 1864, the commander of the battle-hardened II Corps of Robert E. Lee ... War, Edwin Stanton, had called in Maj. Gen. Alexander McCook to handle the crisis; but ...