The Civil War left behind more than battlefields and stories. It left unanswered questions, strange reports, missing ...

Rare Civil War flags, original uniforms and hands-on exhibits await inside this hidden museum gem in downtown Tiffin, as Tim ...

Students chatted in the lobby of the Hayti Heritage Center in Durham last week, waiting for class to begin. Their subject? The Civil War. Michael McElreath called them to attention. McElreath works ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – During the American Civil War, eleven Southern cities were badly damaged or destroyed and almost 116,000 people were displaced. That’s a little more than 1% of the ...

The ferry ride to the middle of Charleston Harbor can be a journey back in time. In 1860, Fort Sumter, the federal sea fortress guarding Charleston, became a flash point in the tensions between North ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- One of the most important African American leaders of the late 1800s was born in North Carolina, but his accomplishments and influence vanished from history for 100 years. Abraham ...

“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED. It’s impossible to look around and not wonder whether the US is teetering on the ...

The CSS “Shenandoah” only learned of the Confederacy’s defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser’s crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already ended The ...

Nine-year-old Neikoye Flowers (foreground), photographed in 2023 wearing in a Civil War uniform like the one worn by his ancestor, David Miles Moore, Jr. (background),160 years ago. Illustration by ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation. It ...