Looking back on the Civil War in his 1882 “Specimen Days & Collect,” Walt Whitman reflected that “the real war will never get in the books.” He had tried, in “Drum-Taps” (1865), a ...

Holy Week in 1865 presented the last chance for the South to keep the past alive. ... Embers of the Civil War are still burning, some brush fires, others, uncontrollable flames.

The Civil War (1861-1865) is America’s bloodiest war to date. It cost close to 1,100,000 casualties and claimed over 620,000 lives. These lesson plans are based on History Detectives episodes ...

Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. By Olivia B. Waxman. May 22, 2020 12:00 PM EDT. N owadays, Memorial Day honors veterans of all wars, but its ...

Work is being done to preserve an important part of Civil War history. Sign up for our Newsletters The Gettysburg Cyclorama, a painting that depicts Pickett's Charge on July 3, 1863, is nearly 150 ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont historians have their eyes on a historic painting up for auction this weekend, and the possible chance to bring it home to the Green Mountains. Vermont’s ...