This week marks the anniversary of the greatest battle in the United States’ Civil War. That battle, at Gettysburg, was ...

Between 1861 and 1865, the Union, or northern states, and the Confederacy, or southern states, fought each other in the American Civil War. A major dispute over slavery was the primary cause of ...

They say the older you get, you either become someone who smokes meat or someone who gets into the Civil War. Well, I feel like I'm more of a WWII guy, but I've been known to dabble in America's ...

Confederate Memorial Day is observed in South Carolina, as well as a few other states. The holiday commemorates Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. Observances include battle re ...

The shrine is a free Civil War museum, research facility and memorial dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, who was the U.S. president from 1861 to 1865, when the war between the United States and the ...

Adam Gopnik reviews “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War,” by Michael Vorenberg, and “1861: The Lost Peace,” by Jay Winik.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A wildfire swept through portions of a Civil War-era fort and historical site in southern New Mexico, forcing the evacuations of campgrounds and a horse ...