Wikimedia Commons/Christophe cagé The First Shot of the Civil War at Fort Sumter Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, ...

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress called for 10 companies of expert riflemen to be organized and sent to Boston to assist the militia facing ...

Manassas National Battlefield Park preserves over 5,000 acres of Virginia countryside and is the site of some of the blo ...

The Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed the besieged city of el-Fasher on Friday in a battle that ...

Forgotten Civil War Memorial found in Alton apartment building ...

The Israeli occupation forces continue their genocidal war on Gaza for the 643rd consecutive day through airstrikes, ...

The Battle of Gettysburg saw excessive heat and a severe thunderstorm, likely piling on the casualties to the biggest battle of the Civil War.

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of skeletons at Colonial Williamsburg – but the skeletons weren’t from the Revolutionary War.

Explore the American Civil War's history, causes like slavery and states' rights, key events including Gettysburg and Antietam, and the war's lasting impact on the United States ...

In a first-of-its-kind ceremony in Westmoreland County Monday, dozens honored the final Union Civil War veteran buried in the county, John E. Weigel.

Groups like Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War worked together to research information on 15 veterans so their graves would no longer be unmarked.

Join the History Seekers as we uncover 150-year-old Civil War relics from the historic Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana. In this unforgettable metal detecting trip, we found a Confederate sword, a ...