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How the American Civil War Started
The Kings and Generals animated documentary series launches its new chapter on the American Civil War with an in-depth look ...
Bruce Anderson, an African American war hero buried in Amsterdam, fought alongside a Canajoharie white man, Zachariah Neahr, ...
Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...
In war, it is the stay and support both of the Government and people, and the astonishment of other nations, who judged of the effect of a civil war in this country by their own experience.
Historian Patrick O’Donnell spotted an intriguing roadside marker and then spent six years researching a part of the Civil ...
Donald Trump is once again reminding Republicans where disloyalty gets you.
Modern conceptions of the Civil War grossly underestimate the importance of political union as a motivator to the northern psyche, said Professor Gary W. Gallagher, speaking Monday at the Miller ...
The Civil War remains one of the most important chapters in American history. But the conflict itself was more complex than North vs. South.
Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the community marks Juneteenth.
The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...
Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861, by Robert W. Merry. Simon & Schuster, 528 pages. With Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South ...