The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with key battles fought in places like Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South ...

Virginia. There was scarcely a family in the South that did not lose a son or brother or father. As with any civil strife, the war was marked by excruciating ironies. Robert E. Lee became a legend ...

Virginia (about 95 miles west of Richmond). Thanks to its comprehensive collection of Confederate artifacts, weapons and art, this museum is a required stop for Civil War buffs. American Civil War ...

Ambrose Burnside's roller-coaster military career included early Civil War successes ... In the trench warfare of Petersburg, Virginia, Burnside supported a plan to tunnel under the Confederate ...