A new exhibit is celebrating a milestone for a historic submarine in Charleston.The Tools and Tides exhibit is in full swing ...

Thousands of volunteers work to decode handwritten records from America's past. The National Archives program includes Revolutionary War pension files and Civil War documents.

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of Gettysburg. The three-day battle occurred during the American Civil War; a major ...

Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the ...

Historian Vorenberg (Final Freedom) reflects on when and where the Civil War really ended in this intricate ... to this edifying debut. Brazilian American journalist Lopes recounts how the ...

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.

The International Context, a new digital archive that demonstrates the far-reaching involvement of European nations in the ...

Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center hosted an event on Saturday to honor Black History Month.

Following the American Civil War and the abolition of the slave trade, there were still many people who wanted to keep racist rules and systems. This was particularly the case in the southern ...

One Texan newspaper professed itself “thrilled by the death of our oppressor." The American Civil War left a bitter legacy. In the south, burned and devastated, the whites remained very angry ...

What is Cold Harbor on Severance? History may hold the answer. What is Cold Harbor on Severance? History may hold the answer.

The American Civil War Museum actually comprises three sites: The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar and the White House of the Confederacy can both be found in Richmond, while the ...