The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...

Fort Gregg-Adams in Virginia has been renamed Fort Lee, now honoring Black Medal of Honor recipient Private Fitz Lee instead of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

According to those who keep track of such things, at least 60,000 books have been published about the Civil War.

Fitz Lee grew up in Dinwiddie County, received the Medal of Honor for bravery during wartime and died of health issues ...

Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...

The great Robert Duvall has starred in a great war epic of all time, and he chooses a Steven Spielberg film as one of the most authentic.

Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed a lawsuit against a state park over an exhibit on slavery, segregation, ...

There might not be a lot of mystery surrounding how the Civil War turned out when it ended in April 1865. In the simplest of oversimplified nutshells: * The Union defeated the Confederacy. * The ...

Fort Lee is now named for Pvt. Fitz Lee. The new namesake was a Buffalo Soldier who earned the Medal of Honor for his actions ...