How much did the equipment carried by an American soldier change between the Civil War and World War II? This video compares ...

Witnesses turned into refugees as the first major Civil War battle turned into a rout. The shocking reality of Bull Run ...

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The U.S. Colored Troops were among the first to arrive in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation—yet their story has long been overlooked.

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The Civil War was an intense period of American history, but holidays came around nonetheless. Here's what Americans ate then to celebrate July Fourth.

In June 1866, just over a year after the Civil War ended, young Jewish men in Richmond, Virginia, removed their coats and set to work among the graves of their fallen comrades. Some were “frail of ...