The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman. He declared in a ...

The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.

What led the United States into civil war in 1861? In this premiere episode of Kings and Generals’ American Civil War series, we examine the legal, economic, and moral roots of the conflict.

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.

Southern relics from the revolutionary era, Stephens said, have become increasingly hard to find. Many were destroyed in the American Civil War, specifically when Gen. William Sherman marched his ...

The Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, was the deadliest conflict in American history. It erupted over deeply entrenched divisions over slavery, states’ rights and the preservation of the Union.

American Civil War (1861-1865) — 698,000 deaths National Archives The original caption, though disputed, says this image is from trenches before a battle in Petersburg, Virginia, in 1865.

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.