The sprawling city Murfreesboro was once a tiny town of about 3,000 people during one of the most consequential battles of ...

One hundred sixty years ago, a series of battles and engagements in Virginia between the Rapidan and James Rivers determined the outcome of America’s Civil War. It is known as the Overland Campaign, ...

According to Timothy B. Smith, a history lecturer at the University of Tennessee at Martin, the Battle of Shiloh was the first big battle in the American Civil War. “20,000 dead in two days of ...

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 nation ...

As bedraggled Union troops retreated to their camp along the James River in Virginia in early July 1862, they endured a march that stretched more than 12 miles. Eager to lighten their load in harsh ...

Missouri was a border state during the American Civil War, and Missourians fought on both sides of the war. Battles raged across every corner of the state. In Southeast Missouri, close to the vital ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — West Virginians fought during the Civil War to abolish slavery and preserve the Union. To honor them, the state legislature created special medals in 1866. Many of the ...

JACKSON COUNTY, MI – It’s almost time to take a step back into the 1860s for the 37th-annual Jackson Civil War Muster. The annual historical muster returns Saturday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, Aug. 25, at ...

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of skeletons at Colonial Williamsburg – but the skeletons weren't from the Revolutionary War. The remains were found while excavators searched around ...

JACKSON, MI -- The Civil War Muster is back in Jackson, with two days of Civil War reenactments and other activities. The battle theme on Saturday, Aug. 23, was the Battle of Tulifinny, while the ...