Henry Wirz remains one of the most controversial figures of the Civil War. As commandant of Andersonville Prison, he oversaw a site where over 13,000 Union soldiers died. Convicted of war crimes and ...

A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 — 160 years ago Wednesday. In fact ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It was on April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant. On April 14, ...

The statue of Captain John O’Donnell, an 18th century merchant who enslaved dozens of Black people on his Maryland plantation, won’t be returning to its former perch in Baltimore’s Canton ...

The Jessamine County Courthouse lawn is home to a one-of-a-kind Confederate Civil War monument ... on Spotify and Apple Podcast. An American Civil War monument on the Jessamine County Courthouse ...

Less than two years after changing the name of Columbus military base Fort Benning to Fort Moore, the U.S. military will hold ...

“So much of the African American ... Civil War, was formed in May 1862 in Beaufort. Courtesy Mitchell first heard the story at a presentation by Chris Allen and Ben Hodges, retired Army officers ...

It depicted an unnamed Confederate veteran atop a column and pedestal and bore the inscription, “Lest We Forget Our Confederate Dead." It was flanked by two Civil War cannons. Crews dismantled ...