Relic hunters scouring a farm field south of Fredericksburg, Virginia, were turning up the usual Civil War artifacts when ...

Reenactors and presenters brought visitors back to the early 1860s for Century Village Museum’s 41st annual Civil War Living History Weekend. Union and Confederate soldiers encamped and mingled with ...

These were just some of the colorful hostilities exchanged amid musket and cannon fire outside Wilbur, Washington, on Memorial Day. An annual tradition that spans the entire weekend, the Washington ...

In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had ...

By the side of the road in a small town in Southern Maryland is an easy-to-miss historical marker. But the story of Camp Stanton is not to be missed.

Every Memorial Day, millions of Americans pause to remember those who gave their lives in service. This year, we’re honoring ...

Originally a supply depot for Union forces in Kentucky, Camp Nelson became the site where 10,000 Black soldiers trained in the Civil War. But in the war’s last months, these soldiers were attacked by ...

The American Civil War left many lasting scars in the national psyche, which helps to explain why it has repeatedly proved to ...

Four Upper Peninsula newspapers are running companion pieces to our America 250 stories with a focus on the U.P.’s role in ...