The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the ...

From the Wilderness to Brandy Station and Cedar Mountain, Civil War battlefields in and around Culpeper County received loads of tender loving care Saturday as part of the ongoing commemoration of the ...

The American Civil War Museum in Richmond is hosting a weekend full of Civil War history activities, including a symposium, battlefield tours and a tour of the museum's collection.

The anniversary of the Battle of Brandy Station is June 9. On that day in 1863, during the Civil War, battle ensued for more just over half a day. Today, the American Battlefield Trust has preserved ...

We went sledding there and played hide and seek, rolled Easter eggs and stole our first kisses. We could be dragged away only when we heard our mom's vibrant whistle, signaling dinner. When we were ...

The American Civil War was the first major conflict that was photographed extensively, bringing shocking and often horrific images to the front pages and into people's living rooms. Photography was ...

Bob Whisonant is a Civil War buff with a peculiar way of looking at the Civil War. If you ask him to talk about, say, the Battle of Antietam, he might begin, “Well, it all started 500 million years ...

More than a century before streaming platforms and superhero cinematic universes, American filmmakers were already chasing scale, spectacle and national history. One of the boldest examples is The ...

The American Revolution (1775-83) enabled the 13 English colonies to form a new nation; the American Civil War (1861-65) corrected a major defect in our Constitution (1787). Over 700,000 Americans ...

Veterans Day is a national holiday observed annually on November 11 to honor American veterans of all wars. While Memorial Day honors those who died in military service, Veterans Day celebrates all ...