A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, sold for $468,000 at an Ohio auction house last month.

The small plaque that stands in Elm Park marks a major contribution that Worcester made in the fight against chattel slavery.

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

The story of the Civil War is all about division within one’s own country. But the schisms ran deeper than just North against South—there were also cracks within the Union itself, even after ...

Walker’s legacy from a Union Civil War brigade ... Walker was wounded twice during the Civil War and became a sergeant before his discharge. During a September 1862 battle in South Mountain ...

Instead, it's meant to commemorate the Battle of Puebla, which was fought between the Mexican and French armies in 1862. In ...

Lisa Elmaleh In May 1862 ... to a Union ship on blockade duty. In all, he delivered 16 enslaved persons to freedom. After serving the Union cause as a pilot for the rest of the Civil War, he ...

(Walt Whitman, who volunteered at D.C. Army hospitals beginning in 1862 ... other Civil War artifacts, including a Federal Forage Cap worn by Union soldiers, a canteen, a regimental flag, a ...