The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

This dish towel ended the Civil War “It is sufficiently humiliating to have had to carry it and exhibit it,” fumed the Confederate officer who wielded the flag of truce—now on display at the ...

The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

That American Revolution/Civil War link is particularly true in York County, which sits on the Mason-Dixon Line, close to military movements, supply lines and bloody battlefields.

A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.

Confederate monuments are “tied to the mythology of the Lost Cause — the way many white Americans have chosen to view history following the Civil War,” Dorsey wrote.

Occurrences and actions from our past are often debated and used as a foundation upon which values, beliefs and future paths ...

Harvey-Halseth said Lexington should be part of the nation’s observation of the Civil War Sesquicentennial, but the city council has avoided marketing that aspect to tourists.