The Civil War is well known for great battles, famous generals and large casualties. But there was a lesser known side of the war, the guerrilla war where bands of civilians and soldiers joined forces ...

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

This anecdote reflects a historiographical debate about the Civil War in general. Was the cause of Confederate defeat external, or internal? Those who emphasize internal causes attribute the ...

The ultimate target of their assault was Richmond, the Confederate capital ... New Market Heights is little more than a footnote in Civil War history—a battle, scholars agree, that deserves ...

The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar and the White House of the Confederacy can both be found in Richmond, while the Museum of the Confederacy at Appomattox sits in Appomattox ...

and that they are waging war in such corporate capacity under the corporate name of the "Confederate States ... of belligerent rights involves civil equality. We have accorded the rebels such ...

"It was said during the American Civil War that there were more Confederate flags flying here than in Richmond, Virginia — and Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy," Westgaph told CNN.

Battle of Stone’s River begins (Tennessee). The Confederates at Murfreesboro, Tenn., waited for an assault from Maj. Gen. William S.

In this lesson, students investigate a historical mystery—the 1865 explosion of the steamship Sultana—by analyzing a collection of primary and secondary source documents. They work in ...

Lee County in Florida formed in 1887 from Monroe County with Fort Myers, the site of the Civil War Battle of Fort Myers, as its county seat. Confederate Memorial Day was started in Georgia in ...