Throughout much of the Civil War, a key Union objective was to penetrate the South and seize the city of Richmond, Virginia ... in part because the battle introduced obstacles his men had never ...

That sentence, or some variation, was repeated Wednesday by many of those who gathered at a Civil War battle site a few miles north of Joplin. A ceremony was held at the location — near the ...

Strategically, the Eastern Theater was arguably the most important battleground of the Civil War ... as well as site of the War's most famous battles. The Army of Northern Virginia before the ...

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia (top) and Chickamauga, Georgia (bottom) were the sites of two Civil War battles. Eliot Dudik In “Poem of Wonder at the Resurrection of the Wheat,” Walt Whitman ...

One of the most important battles of the U.S. Civil War -- and indeed of all U.S. history ... as the Confederate Army of North Virginia, commanded by Robert E. Lee, and the Union Army of ...

The American Civil War wasn't just a battle between states—it was a showcase of incredible military talent. From 1861 to 1865 ...

A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, sold for ...

The American Civil War Museum actually comprises three sites: The American Civil War ... the Confederacy at Appomattox sits in Appomattox, Virginia (about 95 miles west of Richmond).

captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this month. Carried by the 11th Virginia Infantry during ...