Historians and history buffs alike discuss the American Civil War in terms of the Union and Confederate Armies or, more easily, Northern and Southern States. While these terms are not wrong ...

By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas -- had split from the Union ... the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

The Civil War has been given many names: the War Between the States ... became a legend in the Confederate army only after turning down an offer to command the entire Union force.

During the bloody years when the Civil War tore apart the United States, one place remained ... was a refuge for Union and Confederate soldiers throughout the war. All were welcome to pay their ...

That Arthur T. Carter is spearheading an effort to build this Civil War monument sounds about right. Especially when folks ...

A Massachusetts woman and Hokie whose ancestors founded Radford has donated more than 1,200 Civil War-era letter and ...