Some great TV shows use the American Civil War as a backdrop or as a major narrative pillar. Here are the best ones.

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861.

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil ... Ended.” On April 9, 1865 ...

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

Twelve days after President Lincoln's historic visit to Richmond, his assassin's journey ended in the small town of Port ...

The small plaque that stands in Elm Park marks a major contribution that Worcester made in the fight against chattel slavery.

The book challenges the traditional narrative that the Civil War ended neatly in April 1865 with the surrender of General Robert Lee to General Ulysses Grant at the Appomattox Court House, Vorenberg ...

In 1865, in those tumultuous last six months of the Civil War, Florida came to experience ... three weeks shy of his 58th birthday, ended his life with a gunshot. Eliot Kleinberg is a former ...

Submitted photo April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General ... Chautauqua County Veterans for one year.” On April 6, 1865 Fenton ...