A new collection of primary source documents, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," is the third set of letters ...

George H. Cramer, German immigrant and Civil War major, helped shape Cape Girardeau as mayor, postmaster and civic leader, ...

Strange artifact at Civil War battlefield is skin from alligator that attacked a soldier during the battle over Vicksburg, Mississippi, National Park says.

New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...

Summary This set of essays by twenty-seven historians of the Civil War describes a wide array of the war's photographs, examining them in unfamiliar ways. Date 2015 19th century Civil War, 1861-1865 ...

Escape the big city and plot a route to explore these historical gems, small towns replete with local charm and noteworthy ...

The debate has been settled. Oklahomans prefer to set AC thermostat to this temperature ...

Readers expecting to experience the Vicksburg Campaign through a pre-adolescent’s rough-honed grammar will pleasantly encounter a fast-flowing and well-written historical tale in Fred Grant at ...

In the latest edition of A Look at the Archives, Ashley Large introduces "Rebellion Records," a state mandated log of men serving in the military during the Civil War and "the fates that befell them." ...

Sachs Covered Bridge stands as a crimson sentinel against Pennsylvania’s verdant landscape, offering visitors a chance to ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.