Sunday is the anniversary of Lee’s 1865 surrender at Appomattox, so let’s take a look at some of the Southern generals and admirals who stuck with the United States of America in the Civil War.

William Piston and John Rutherford discuss General Marmaduke and his Civil War raids Many of us enjoy learning about Civil War history, especially what occurred in the area that we grew up in or ...

The sword and scabbard of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman is displayed at Fleischer’s Auctions on Thursday in Columbus. The wartime sword, likely used between 1861 and 1863, are ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

Mercifully for Union generals, President Abraham Lincoln officially recognized the republic that year and raised the tariff on coffee imports to 4 cents a pound as a war-funding effort.

Modern conceptions of the Civil War grossly underestimate the importance of political union as a motivator to the northern psyche, said Professor Gary W. Gallagher, speaking Monday at the Miller ...

The Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable will present a special July program at the Palace Theater July 16 at 6 p.m.

Among the orders issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War was one declaring that all enslaved ...

The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ties with the Union.

This video delves into the pivotal strategies and campaigns of 1864 that led to the Union's decisive advantage in the American Civil War. From General Ulysses S. Grant's relentless Overland ...

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops ...

The Civil War remains one of the most important chapters in American history. ... In June 1865, Union troops led by General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, ...