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

the American Civil War was a brutal conflict between the anti-slavery Union in the north and the pro-slavery Confederacy in the south. Taking place between 1861 and 1865, it was arguably the first ...

For this reason, the government turned away African American ... In the South, most slaves did not hear of the proclamation for months. But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed.

South Carolina is erecting its first-ever statue of an African American in honor of a Civil War hero who escaped slavery and ...

In the south they celebrated. One Texan newspaper professed itself “thrilled by the death of our oppressor." The American Civil War left a bitter legacy. In the south, burned and devastated ...

Once the arsenal of the Confederacy and a manufacturer of shells during both World Wars, Tredegar ceased operations for good ...

After independence, internal divisions between the wealthier north and less-developed south triggered decades of violent conflict, including two civil wars. The second Sudanese civil war ...

The American Civil War Museum actually comprises three sites: The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar and the White House of the Confederacy can both be found in Richmond, while the ...