In the opening chapter of Kings and Generals' Civil War series, we explore the deep-rooted causes behind America’s bloodiest conflict. From the unrest of Bleeding Kansas to John Brown’s raid ...

Explore why the Confederates lost the American Civil War despite achieving several big military victories in 1862. Dive into the strategic, political, and resource challenges that ultimately led to ...

However, it’s not easy when any of your family tree’s branches are made up of relatives who had been American ... the current map, so they had to go back and look at the Civil War map.

There are several amazing movies that, despite having little in common, are surprisingly set in the same year. Here is a ...

In 1822, freed Black Americans began resettling in a colony on the west coast of Africa. But the idea was controversial: Was ...

The community and Florida state historic preservation officer have debated the omission of historically Black-owned parcels ...

What civilized the rambunctious outpost was the arrival of pilots’ families, whose numbers turned the Balize into the largest ...

Virginia City, Nevada isn’t just preserved—it’s alive, breathing stories through weathered wooden storefronts and whispering secrets down streets that have witnessed everything from silver-fueled ...

Rather than dating back to colonial America, the four skeletons are from Civil War times. The soldiers died during the Battle of Williamsburg while fighting for the Confederacy in 1862 ...

The Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, was the deadliest conflict in American history. It erupted over deeply entrenched divisions over slavery, states’ rights and the preservation of the Union.

"It's kind of a little-known fact of history that quite a few New Brunswickers actually fought in the American Civil War," said David Hughes, manager of the New Brunswick Military History Museum ...

The smell of campfires and gunpowder were in the air at Burton Century Village Museum and Historical Education Center’s Civil War re-enactment ... visitors are shown American history all ...