The opening shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, in April 1861. With the exception of a ...

The sword and scabbard of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman is displayed at Fleischer’s Auctions on Thursday in Columbus. The wartime sword, likely used between 1861 and 1863, are among ...

The prized possession of a Fargo doctor was the chair Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sat on while signing the articles of capitulation that officially ended the Civil War. Dr. Henry Capehart, a Civil War hero, ...

The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED.

Join us as Steve Phillips and Robert McDaniel take their metal detectors to the former home of Confederate General Nathan ...

Photo Provided Scott Britton identifies the position of Rufus Dawes’ 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry on Culp’s Hill on July 2, 1863, during the Civil War Roundtable’s field trip to Gettysburg in 2014 ...

For Americans, the first half of April should bring to mind a host of events. It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...

BLOOMINGTON -- Rival Civil War generals shared a stage at the David Davis Mansion State Historic Site on Saturday. Actors portraying 11 generals showed not only the historic leaders' passions for ...

There was no audible reaction to his claim from the dinner attendees, who included oil billionaire Harold Hamm, Blackstone ...

The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. One of the most unique feuds came in the ...

See photo of Federal Hill home at 337 E. Hamburg Street in Baltimore, which is listed on the National Register of Historic ...