From 1861 to 1865, the United States was ripped in two by war – with the Union in the North and the seceded states, the Confederacy, in the South. These four years witnessed unprecedented bloodshed, ...

The American Civil War started with a single, explosive question: could a nation built on slavery survive without it? Several ...

The smell of campfires and gunpowder were in the air at Burton Century Village Museum and Historical Education Center’s Civil War re-enactment. The encampment took place on May 24 at 14653 E. Park St.

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

During Burton Century Village’s Civil War Encampment event this weekend, spectators could find history at every corner throughout the museum. Located at 14653 E. Park St., the Civil War re-enactment ...

Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in Kouts. Tom Wojcinski, a Civil War reenactor, told the harrowing story of ...

A Union City farmer, leaving for the Civil War, stuck a pitchfork into a tree in 1862. He told his family not to remove the ...

Iowa provided a significant number of volunteer soldiers for the Union Army during the Civil War, driven by anti-slavery sentiment and a desire to preserve the nation. The state's Capitol building and ...

Steve Madden of Redlands will present “Shades of Gray: A Southern Perspective on the Civil War” 2 p.m. Oct. 16 in a program for the Inland Empire Civil War Round Table. The free presentation will be ...