The notorious Andersonville Prison, the largest and deadliest of the Confederacy’s prisoner-of-war camps during the Civil War, operated for only 14 months. But by the time the open-air camp shut down ...

Whether you’re hosting a backyard barbecue or relaxing under the fireworks, these patriotic films will ignite your American ...

As “Civil War” opens, America’s third-term president — a man who will later be compared to Benito Mussolini, Nicolae Ceausescu and Muammar el-Qaddafi — is practicing a blustering speech.

From classic epics like 'Gone With the Wind' to recent psychological thrillers like 'The Beguiled', here are the 20 best American Civil War movies of all time, ranked.

In the American Village, I meet Mike, a 25-year-old U.S. sailor from Texas, stationed in Okinawa for the past year. He’s sitting outside a burger joint with his fellow sailors.

Largely Literary Theater Company will present "Ghosts of the Civil War: Shades of Blue and Gray" for The Wayne County Civil War Round Table program at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16. The event is free ...

Another wave of 2,450 Confederate prisoners were sent to the camp in April 1862, Keller wrote. Nearly 30,000 Confederate prisoners were housed at Camp Douglas through the end of the war in 1865.

Dockum, a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War, received the Medal of Honor from President Andrew Johnson on May 10, 1865. After his wife Sara's death in 1893, ...

The Civil War started in April 1861 and raged for over four years. From Fort Sumter to Appomattox and beyond, here are the most basic facts you need. ... American Civil War. Add Topic.

In this photo provided by The Valley Breeze, Civil War re-enactors fold an American flag near an urn, center, containing the cremated remains of Byron R. Johnson, a Union soldier who was born in ...

The Civil War was the deadliest conflict ever fought on American soil with approximately 620,000 fatalities, according to History.com. Recent analysis could even suggest these numbers are higher ...

The author, an American journalist who has lived in Israel, traces a “direct line” between Hebron in 1929 and last year’s Hamas-led invasion of southern Israel from Gaza: “The forces that ...