Using data from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Civil War statistician Frederick H. Dyer, first published in 1908, 24/7 Wall St. identified the Union regiments that suffered the most ...

Newly formed Union regiments in the Civil War were typically made up of about 1,000 troops – 970 enlistees and 30 officers.

Browse key Civil War facts and dates and learn about the people, places and events surrounding the Civil War.

NPR's Andrew Limbong talks to Amy Cooter of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies about how realistic an idea of a second civil war is.

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 ...

Soon other regiments were being formed, and in May 1863 the War Department established the Bureau of Colored Troops.

Archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg recently announced the discovery of four Confederate soldier skeletons, revealing a makeshift hospital from the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg.

The American Civil War left many lasting scars in the national psyche, which helps to explain why it has repeatedly proved to be such a popular subject for filmmakers, and it has gained new ...

The regiment served with honor through the war. But area men served in a number of regiments during the war and other men played key roles in their organization.

On April 17, 1861, five days after the start of the Civil War, the call to arms to put down the rebellion reached Lima in the form of a notice in the city’s Weekly Gazette newspaper.