Learning about the Civil War in a textbook is one way to teach it. Seeing it and experiencing it in person brings a whole new ...

The Civil War, an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and produced in conjunction with WETA, Washington, D.C., first aired in September of 1990 to an ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

California was never a hotbed of Civil War action, but the Golden State — and the Bay Area in particular — played a major role. The riches of the Gold Rush didn’t just line the pockets of ...

The siege will take place during the 47th annual Ohio Civil War Show 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Nearly 5,000 people travel to Mansfield from across the United States to ...