Experience the thunderous power of history as an original 1865 Civil War cannon is fired. This live demonstration shows how these legendary weapons worked and sounded on the battlefield.

Click here to see 25 horrifying images of the Civil War. Their photos of dead soldiers on the battlefield in the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam in 1862 were shown at an exhibition in New York ...

Also called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth falls annually on June 19, the date in 1865 when Union troops brought the news to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, that they had been freed.

Photos of 1865 Richmond Richmond National Battlefield Park historian Michael Gorman discussed how images captured in Richmond in 1865, now digit… May 31, 2025 ...

More than a century after his passing, Private John Haap, a Civil War Army veteran, was honored with a tombstone dedication ...

Between 1861 and 1864 George Houghton was a Civil War photographer. He captured images of Vermont troops and Civil War scenes that shed light on a challenging time in our country’s history. The book, ...

Years: 1861-1865; Estimated Death Toll: 620,000 – 750,000; Issues: Southern states seceded to preserve slavery and less federal interference. The northern states won the war, abolished slavery ...

Explore PHOTOS: Pvt. George Washington Fair: A monument to Civil War soldiers The symbol to the Civil War stood there until 1948, when it was relocated to alleviate traffic congestion.

Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in the United States with the emancipation of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 following the conclusion of the Civil War. The Emancipation ...

The holiday's origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865.