Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

We are starting a new Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of the American Civil War. In ...

So successful was the Lost Cause propaganda campaign that most Americans forgot the true meaning of the Civil War.

In this new episode of Kings and Generals’ Civil War series, we cover the Battle of Fredericksburg—one of the bloodiest and ...

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

A Charleston, South Carolina surrender flag, Confederate documents, and Union soldier items among historic Civil War ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

Now, 160 years later, 70 Black Union military members who fought ... collaborated with the National Archives and the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C. Once the research was ...

After the Civil War, 18 veterans of the United States ... Gabriella Demczuk Once the Union began enlisting African-American troops, in 1863, some 8,700 black Marylanders seized the chance.

After the Civil War millions of freed ... Natchez after it was occupied by the Union Army in July 1863. The army was overwhelmed by the number of African American refugees that left the ...