Civil War reenactors stepped back 160 years to the Battle of Gettysburg Sunday at the Northbrook Sports Club in Hainesville. The American Civil War Encampment and Battle included costumed Union ...

Indeed, the South merely needed to convince the North to quit the war, a decision largely made by the civilian population and one the Confederates came close to pulling off more than once, he said.

The Civil War remains one of the most important chapters in American history. But the conflict itself was more complex than North vs. South.

The Civil War officially ended on Aug. 20, 1866, but Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army 16 months earlier on April 9, 1865. ... North Carolina and South Carolina.