The Civil War officially ended on Aug. 20, 1866, but Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army 16 months earlier on April 9, 1865.

The Civil War started in April 1861 and raged for over four years. From Fort Sumter to Appomattox and beyond, here are the most basic facts you need.

The Special Artist had a competitor of sorts in the Civil War photographer. But photography was then in its rude infancy, and its slow action —10 to 30 seconds’ exposure time—could not match ...

From classic epics like 'Gone With the Wind' to recent psychological thrillers like 'The Beguiled', here are the 20 best American Civil War movies of all time, ranked.

Releasing a movie called Civil War in this election year is certainly one way to grab headlines. Surprisingly, though, Alex Garland's ambitious new thriller largely sidesteps the politics of the ...

The Fort Branch confederate civil war museum is dedicated to preserving the legacy of losers. A massive tree collapsed onto the Fort Branch Museum in Oak City, North Carolina, causing severe ...

The remains of several more Civil War veterans were sent to Maine, Rhode Island and other places where family connections were found. "Would have been lost to history" Among them was Byron Johnson.

Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are not exempt from Defense Department's sweep of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts within the U.S. military.

Asked by Tucker Carlson about the possibility civil war might break out here in the U.S. a little less than a year ago, Trump himself spoke warmly of Jan. 6 — the day his supporters violently ...

New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops, made up ...