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

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

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 ...

It won even though Edda isn’t a Civil War historian, and her book is less about war tactics than it is about Tubman and the African American fight for freedom.

Pea Ridge National Military Park is located in Northwest Arkansas. The park preserves the site of a momentous Civil War ...

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

Tulsa book reviewer Connie Cronley says two new Western reads, one from a local author, offer gripping, factual accounts of ...

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

Object Details Description Numismatists, people who study or collect coins, generally categorize Civil War Tokens into three themes: patriotic, store cards, and sutler tokens. As with this coin, ...

Read the Sullivan Ballou letter and learn more about the background of it. Ironically, Sullivan Ballou's letter was never mailed.

Wikimedia Commons/Christophe cagé The First Shot of the Civil War at Fort Sumter Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, ...