Its vivid scenes illuminate the prison’s overcrowding and deprivation during the Civil War. Almost 13,000 of its prisoners died from malnutrition, diseases and other causes.

Civil War Prisons 1,253 Views Program ID: 302850-1 Category: Public Affairs Event Format: Speech Location: Norfolk, Virginia, United States First Aired: Jan 14, 2012 | 8:00pm EST | C-SPAN 3 Last ...

So many books on the American Civil War have been published in the past 160 years that it’s been estimated they average out to at least one per day since the surrender at Appomattox. Still, they ...

Born in Lancaster, Ohio, Sherman played a key role in the Civil War. His “hard war” military strategy for the Union included the destruction of infrastructure and some personal property ...

Born in Lancaster, Ohio, Sherman played a key role in the Civil War. His “hard war” military strategy for the Union included the destruction of infrastructure and some personal property ...

The Civil War lingers through sweeping, cinematic episodes—Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Antietam and Atlanta, secession and emancipation—that accent the greatest convulsion in U.S. history. These ...

"'Tis Not Our War" discusses why some were willing to serve, but focuses on why the rest of white citizens between ages 18 and 45, were unwilling, either becoming totally apathetic or outright ...

Following the road to Civil War through Massachusetts and South Carolina. Robert W. Merry’s “Decade of Disunion” shows how the two states figured prominently at nearly every stage of America ...

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.

At a campaign event in New Hampshire Wednesday, the former S.C. governor didn't mention slavery as a cause of the Civil War, sparking controversy. Now she's walking back those comments.