Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861. The shell flew upward through the dark sky over Charleston Harbor and burst ...

Wikimedia Commons/Middleton, Strobridge & Co., lithographer; Mathews, Alfred Edward, 1831-1874, artist The 47-day Siege of ...

American history is more polarizing than ever. But the country’s leading storyteller wants to prove there’s still an appetite ...

Explore the legacy of Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan, from leading the Lexington Rifles to his ill-fated raid and ultimate death in the Civil War.

In this episode, a genealogy researcher and self-proclaimed Yankee heads to Georgia on her first relic hunt—searching for Confederate artifacts from 1864. With a deep interest in Civil War ...

‘Paint the Library Red, White & Blue’ returns and more upcoming Manitowoc library events Other library activities this week include the Summer Reading Program, story times, a used book sale ...

It actually lasted longer than the real thing in the U.S. A Civil War-era canon. The war ended 160 years ago, prompting some Americans to emigrate to Brazil to recapture the essence of the ...

Key takeaways: The final shots of the Civil War Between October 1864 and June 1865, the Confederate raider Shenandoah sank or captured 38 enemy vessels, 24 of them in just one week. The Shenandoah ...

Hegseth says renaming military bases after Civil War soldiers who fought for slavery is ‘important for morale’ Defense secretary claims veterans and active-duty troops are thankful the ...