Dr. Allen C. Guelzo gives perspective on what the American Civil War was really about. Dr. Allen C. Guelzo the Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Research Scholar at Princeton University talks about how ...

The American Civil War erupted in 1861 with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, followed soon after by the First Battle of Bull Run. This video traces the opening shots of the war, the shockwaves ...

Colorized photographs bring a 21st-century approach to the 19th-century technology that changed how Americans understood war. Penelope M. Carrington/The American Civil War Museum At the terminus of ...

The Civil War was the deadliest conflict ever fought on American soil with approximately 620,000 fatalities, according to History.com. Recent analysis could even suggest these numbers are higher than ...

Over a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

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 ...

Every nation has a story that is retold with the words – it was the darkest time in our history. For the United States, that ...

William Faulkner famously wrote, "The past is never dead. It's not even past." That could describe some of the recent historical discourse on the presidential campaign trail. First came Republican ...

The Alex Garland film is sparking discussion about its release during a contentious election year: "The idea of civil war actually keeps me up at night." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Civil War ...

The sculpture will be mounted on an elevated hill in Franklin County, Virginia. The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S.