In the opening chapter of Kings and Generals' Civil War series, we explore the deep-rooted causes behind America’s bloodiest ...

Manassas National Battlefield Park preserves over 5,000 acres of Virginia countryside and is the site of some of the blo ...

In February 1847, 19-year-old Susan Magoffin survived a trek through the Jornada del Muerto (the dead man’s journey), despite ...

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.

Wikimedia Commons/Middleton, Strobridge & Co., lithographer; Mathews, Alfred Edward, 1831-1874, artist The 47-day Siege of ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

Read the Sullivan Ballou letter and learn more about the background of it. Ironically, Sullivan Ballou's letter was never mailed.