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 ...

Curt Fields is the preeminent U.S. Grant historian and reenactor. The Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley is excited to present Field’s first-person portrayal of Lieutenant General Ulysses S.

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 ...

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. Covering American History C-SPAN style: with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors ...

It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of the Civil War. Charging with the 54th was Sgt. William Carney, who saw the colors fall. He picked up the flag and carried it forward, reaching the wall of the ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.

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 ...