This American civil war has been a long time coming. We have returned to it because we never resolved the nation’s original sins.

The new book, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," sheds light on the Civil War home front and the complex realities of race and belief of one Wooster family. The 1863 volume builds on the ...

GREEN BLUFF, Wash. — Civil War history came alive at Siemers Farm in Green Bluff this Memorial Day weekend as reenactors created an educational experience connecting visitors to the holiday's origins.

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be the topic of the next — and next-to-last — Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Louis Masur, a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, will ...

Both the Union and the Confederacy believed God was on their side, using faith to justify their respective causes. Tyler Rice of Columbus, Ohio is a freelance historian specializing in religion and ...

YALE — For Cleon Plunk of Broken Arrow, being a Civil War re-enactor isn’t just about playing soldier. His biggest joy from his hobby comes when he gets the chance to show schoolchildren what life was ...

The American Civil War was defined not only by its political and moral issues, but by a series of brutal, high-casualty battles. These conflicts altered the nation’s history and landscape. Fought on ...