Imagine this. It’s October 1861, and Union soldiers are camped 35 miles upstream from Washington along the Potomac River’s Maryland shore and on Harrison’s Island. They are on picket duty ...

Carolyn Reeder is giving readers a kid's-eye view of the Civil War. Her books include "Shades of Gray" and "Captain Kate." People in the North were worried about the way the war was going.

A long-forgotten Civil War map has recently been rediscovered, shedding new light on the bloody aftermath of the battle of Antietam. Some 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing following ...

But Johnny Clem wasn't the only young person to be affected by the Civil War. In fact, it would be hard to find a kid that wasn't. When war broke out in 1861, kids across the North and the South ...

We followed an original Civil War map to see what time had hidden—and what we found was unforgettable. From bullets to buttons, every relic holds a piece of history. Experience the thrill of discovery ...

Kevin Bright, owner of the Smallin Civil War Cave tourist attraction in Ozark, told The Post Thursday that the dry spell had allowed his company to map an extra 1,100 feet of the cave.