From 1861 to 1865, the United States was ripped in two by war – with the Union in the North and the seceded states, the Confederacy, in the South. These four years witnessed unprecedented bloodshed, ...

The Civil War (1861-1865) is America’s bloodiest war to date. It cost close to 1,100,000 casualties and claimed over 620,000 lives. These lesson plans are based on History Detectives episodes that ...

About 20 people stood bundled up in hats and gloves by the basketball courts along Columbus Drive to dedicate a historical ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — In honor of Veteran's Day, a Harrisburg museum will offer free admission for those who have served our country. Officials with the National Civil War Museum announced Thursday, Oct.

Florida was the third state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. Around 15,000 Floridians fought in the Civil War, representing the highest percentage of any Confederate state. Florida faced ...

A bold new photographic project asks modern-day Americans to recreate portraits of their 19th-century ancestors in painstakingly accurate fashion Jared Miller poses as his ancestor Richard Oliver, a ...

The image is part of the Civil War Roundtable of Eastern PA's free December pop up museum at Bethlehem's Main Street ...

“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED. It’s impossible to look around and not wonder whether the US is teetering on the ...

Regular folks and history buffs who believe Maryland leaned strongly toward the Confederacy during the Civil War era have never lacked evidence for the claim. It was a Marylander, after all, on the ...

Civil War reenactments have drawn more attendees after the removal of statues. Before showtime, pots and pans are some of the tools reenactor Tanya Haessly makes the most use of as a camp cook, ...