The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.

At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions to the Union.

An estimated 180,000 Black soldiers bravely fought for the Union during the Civil War — making up about 10 percent of the army.

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

What Was the Civil War? Between 1861 and 1865, the Union, or northern states, and the Confederacy, or southern states, fought each other in the American Civil War.

Groups like Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War worked together to research information on 15 veterans so their graves would no longer be unmarked.

While metal detecting near the historic site of the Siege of Port Hudson, we may have uncovered the final resting place of a Civil War cavalry officer who fell in 1863. From personal artifacts to ...

More than 1,500 soldiers from the Civil War have received the Medal of Honor, most recently Cpl. Andrew Jackson Smith of Clinton, Ill., who was awarded the medal in 2001 by President Bill Clinton.

In the podcast, a professor at Asbury University explores the complicated history of a Confederate Civil War monument wearing a Union hat.

Civil War Toll Much Worse in Confederate States, New Estimates Show An analysis of newly released 19th-century census records offers more insight into the conflict’s costs.