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

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 ...

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, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...

Civil War remains found at Colonial Williamsburg, archaeologists say Virginia archaeologists recently came across four skeletons dating back to the Battle of Williamsburg, which was fought in 1862.

Last spring, a Civil War-era cannonball was found in the backyard of a Virginia home. A few years earlier, a long-forgotten map that shed light on the aftermath of the bloody Battle of Antietam ...

From live battle reenactments to walking in the footsteps of troops and visiting historical markers, these destinations offer ...

The deaths were likely tied to a Civil War battle. By Tim Newcomb Published: Jun 10, 2025 9:30 AM EDT 2 manx_in_the_world // Getty Images ...

Until his victory over William C. Battle, son of one of 11 Democratic governors produced by the conservative political machine of U.S. Sen. Harry F. Byrd Sr., Virginia had not chosen a Republican ...

The Vicksburg National Military Park today stretches over 1800 acres worth of ravines, woods, and fields. The Vicksburg ...