April 6 witnessed pivotal US moments. The Civil War's Battle of Shiloh began in 1862. The Grand Army of the Republic formed ...

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 ...

Most of the well known Civil War battles are documented thoroughly. However, there are a handful of lesser known, unusual ...

This narrative explores the Battle of Gettysburg as one of history’s defining turning points, tracing the conflict from the strategic movements that preceded it to the brutal, chaotic fighting across ...

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 ...

Stones River National Battlefield preserves the site of a pivotal Civil War clash that shaped the Union’s control of Middle Tennessee.

Tennessee’s history is as diverse as its landscapes. From east to west, plenty of areas offer a hands-on journey through time ...

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 ...

A local Civil War museum is under new guidance after Carthage Mayor Bren Flanigan recently appointed an oversight board that ...