In this new episode of Kings and Generals’ Civil War series, we cover the Battle of Fredericksburg—one of the bloodiest and most devastating defeats suffered by the Union Army. As General Burnside ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...

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History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

In the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops ...

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their ...

In efforts to remember and promote Civil War history, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) held their 29th ...

1 The two generals met shortly after noon April 9 ... hastened the conclusion of the Civil War.

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their ...