The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Did you know that Confederate Missouri leaders actually moved to Shreveport and then Marshall, Texas, to establish the ...

One can hardly imagine what the night of Feb. 17, 1865, must have been like in Charleston. Hours before surrendering to Union ...

The annual gathering traditionally draws thousands of spectators and hundreds of re-enactors from several states helping tell ...

If there is one general that could be considered as having single-handedly lost the Civil War for the Confederates, it’s John ...

“Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry ... tells a different story. "The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama" by Édouard Manet, 1864. Sillen writes that White was a free ...

Natural scenery and cultural history abound at national parks in Arkansas. From colonial outposts and Civil War battlefi ...

Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...

As for the phrase Cold Harbor, that refers to a battle that took place in the Civil War in 1864 which the Confederates won, and it was considered one of the most lopsided battles in US history.

In 1865, in the wake of the Civil War, the U.S. began looking to expand its influence on the world stage. This happened at ...

The world premiere musical by Joe DiPietro, Daniel J. Watts and Crystal Monee Hall will feature contemporary music and ...