Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

A rain delay played an essential role in The Battle of Jackson, which was fought 162 years ago today in Jackson, Mississippi, ...

Today, you can still see three of those pre-Civil War homes. The National Parks Service’s self-guided walking tour brochure explains much of its history. An actors portraying a Union Army ...

California was never a hotbed of Civil War action, but the Golden State ... An actors portraying a Union Army soldier takes a peek at the battle field before heading into combat against ...

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...

Uniforms are used for identification as well as to provide a sense of unity during any conflict, and the American Civil War ...

Meanwhile, the African Union ... civil war, which has effectively cleaved the country in two. Both sides have been accused of committing war crimes. In recent days, drone attacks attributed by the ...

Edward Otho C. Ord was a major general in the Union army during the Civil War and commanded the Department of Arkansas and the Fourth Military District during Reconstruction. Ord was born in ...

It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of the Civil War. Charging with the ... returning it to Union lines. Years after the war, his actions in the assault would be recognized with the Medal of ...

Eli Hill escaped slavery to fight in the Civil War with the Union army. He died at Dix Hospital as a mental patient after the war. Josh Shaffer On Saturday’s tour, Raleigh historian Al ...

Technically, Kentucky was neutral during the Civil War, but it was also home to Company E of the United States Colored Cavalry (USCC). Company E was based at Camp Nelson, a Union Army depot where ...