In January of that year, as the Civil War was coming to an end, a group of Black soldiers with the 5th United States Colored Calvary out of Camp Nelson were herding cattle to Louisville when they ...

The US Army said Tuesday it will restore the names of seven Army bases that previously honored Confederate leaders.

Not so in the United States, at least not regarding the Civil War. As soon as the Confederates laid down their arms, some picked up their pens and began to distort what they had done and why.

Jim Robinson of Casper found a pair of rare mule-ear cowboy boots from the 1890s in a dusty old cabin in Colorado. You’ve ...

He became a confederate cavalry captain after the Civil War began in 1861 and was promoted to major general the following year. He led Confederate troops in several battles, including the Battle ...

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

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

Four Confederate soldier skeletons from the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg were found at Colonial Williamsburg, with archaeologists working to identify the remains.

This simple dish towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the ...

I don't want a civil war. Civil war would happen if you left it to people like him. And I liked him, you know--I always got along with him, never had a problem with him--but he's grossly incompetent.