Experience the thunderous power of history as an original 1865 Civil War cannon is fired. This live demonstration shows how ...

The most famous battle of the Civil War took place just outside of Gettysburg. Morning Edition stopped by the historic site to hear about the cautionary tale as the election cycle nears its end.

A Civil War battlefield gives perspective on our modern divide The most famous battle of the Civil War took place just outside of Gettysburg.Morning Edition stopped by the historic site to hear ...

Historical records relating to blacks who were involved in the Civil War. Smithsonian Civil War Timeline . McRel Standards. United States History. 13. Understands the causes of the Civil War . 14 ...

A Black Civil War reenactor holds on to his Union Army belt buckle during a ceremony of remembrance at the burial site of 13 soldiers of the 1st Mississippi Infantry (African Descent), Wednesday ...

This tense election season is also peak season at a popular landmark of the American past: the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. Nearly one million people visit the Civil War ...

In 2015 Anheuser-Busch donated land along Interstate 64 in York County — part of the battlefield — to the American Battlefield Trust, a Fredericksburg-based organization established in 1987 to ...

The National Park Service awards $456,934.78 in Battlefield Restoration Grants to enhance Civil War battlefields in North Carolina and South Carolina, preserving historic features.