The issue of slavery divided the United States long before the election of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. After the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed in 1854, newly established states could use ...

but popular explorations of the term “civil war” don’t go far enough. Abraham Lincoln at Antietam during the Civil War. (Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of ...

For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. The simple copper and ...

Herschell Gordon Lewis’ gore epic concerns a group of murderous Southerners who lure six amorously intentioned tourists to their Civil War-era town, which is celebrating its centenary.

"NARA staff checked available records concerning Jacob Miller's service and the wound he received during the Civil War. His service record confirms that he was wounded at Chickamauga and was ...

WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — The Texas Civil War Museum in White Settlement west of Fort Worth announced it will permanently close its doors Oct. 31. The museum opened in 2006 and is reportedly the ...

Lee surrendered his army two years later in Virginia. In the 160 years since, researchers have repeatedly sought to quantify the Civil War’s staggering death toll. That task has proven ...