The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg has expanded its Women at War exhibit.The display highlights the essential contributions of women during the war, both on and off the battlefield.

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

California was never a hotbed of Civil War action, but the Golden State — and the Bay Area in particular — played a major role. The riches of the Gold Rush didn’t just line the pockets of ...

Former Nigerian Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has identified the Biafra civil war as the “most painful episode in Nigeria’s history.” Gowon, however, insisted that the military ...

“It is made up.” The first sentence of the 14th Amendment, passed by Congress a year after the Civil War, is the Citizenship Clause: “All persons born or naturalized in the United ...

Acclaimed Civil War reenactor and historian Curt Fields, Ph.D., will present “This Cruel War is Over: What Now?” at a special meeting of the Civil War Round Table at 7 p.m. Thursday ...

Editor’s note: Another in a series of occasional stories about York County in the American Revolution, part of the buildup in ...

Saban Films has revealed the official trailer for an action thriller movie titled Resurrection Road, an indie film telling a story from the days of the US Civil War (1861-1865). This is set for a ...

Vermont historians have their eyes on a historic painting up for auction this weekend, and the possible chance to bring it ...

The siege will take place during the 47th annual Ohio Civil War Show 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Nearly 5,000 people travel to Mansfield from across the United States to ...

A plurality of Americans who responded to the Economist/YouGov survey said the country is more politically unstable now than during the Great Depression or the Civil War, the poll found.