From 1861 to 1865, the United States was ripped in two by war – with the Union in the North and the seceded states, the Confederacy, in the South. These four years witnessed unprecedented bloodshed, ...

This video is no longer available. The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth Thursday with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, ...

Medicine on the battlefield has always been inspired by urgency and improvisation, and the American Civil War highlights just how much human courage contributed to advancements.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans North and South fought in the Civil War, including a Union drummer boy named Albert Woolson. He couldn’t have known it in 1864 when he enlisted at age 14, but at the ...

More than 400 runners took to the streets of Lynchburg on Saturday morning for a St. Patrick’s Day-themed 5K. Rural representation takes the stage at anti-redistricting rally in Botetourt County ...

Bill Anders has always been fascinated with railroads. The American Civil War, not so much. At least, not initially. A good friend of Anders got him interested in the Civil War through conferences ...

People exiting Washington, D.C.’s U Street – African American Civil War Memorial – Cardozo Metro stop were welcomed by dozens of people chanting names into microphones on a blustery November morning.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The American Civil War Museum in Richmond is hosting a weekend full of Civil War history activities, including a symposium, battlefield tours and a tour of the museum’s ...