The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861.

Black Union soldiers who were part of the United States Colored Cavalry were driving a herd of cattle near Simpsonville, ...

The Civil War began when the ... on April 12, 1861. The war ended in spring 1865; Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9 at Appomattox Court ...

The ceremony will take place on Wednesday at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 6 Memorial Wall on the south side of the ...

Laurel Hill is part of the Geocaching for History/Virtual Exhibits at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History. This ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought to preserve slavery.

What did the Civil War do to railroading? The changes were rapid, profound, lasting, and formed the real basis of truly ...

A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, sold for $468,000 at an Ohio auction house last month.

Bones found 10 years ago during excavations for Riverfront Park were determined to be Union soldiers and were properly ...

Spoken-word poets in Cameroon are using their art form to help communities cope with traumas left by the ongoing civil war BUEA, Cameroon -- A woman cried out upon seeing what looked like a corpse ...

The supposed corpse was a stage prop, but the tears and wails that greeted it were real. The civil war has killed an estimated 6,500 people, a majority of them civilians, and displaced nearly 1 ...