The American Civil War was defined not only by its political and moral issues, but by a series of brutal, high-casualty battles. These conflicts altered the nation’s history and landscape. Fought on ...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — The sprawling city Murfreesboro was once a tiny town of about 3,000 people during one of the most consequential battles of the Civil War: the Battle of Stones River. The ...

PLEASANT HILL, La. — In the spring of 1864, northwest Louisiana became the center of one of the Civil War’s most ambitious and consequential Union offensives. Known as the Red River Campaign, the ...