The Civil War is well known for great battles, famous generals and large casualties. But there was a lesser known side of the war, the guerrilla war where bands of civilians and soldiers joined forces ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

Some did, but the vast majority crossed Union lines as soon as Northern troops entered their vicinity. A Confederate general stated in 1862 that North Carolina was losing approximately a million ...

U.S. Military bases were named after Confederate soldiers to appease white supremacists; it was right to rename them.

A park that was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Hanover has a new name, in honor of the Union soldiers that ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

The army installation’s name was changed to Fort Liberty in 2023, after Congress passed a law to rename all military bases ...

Attendees sat in over 90-degree heat to watch the reenactment. Reenactors with the Confederate army fire their muskets at Union soldiers. It’s all different here, for a reason that only occurs ...

Gen. George Meade. A few weeks after becoming general-in-chief of the Confederate states, Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865, to Union Gen. Ulysses S.