The American Civil War was defined not only by its political and moral issues, but by a series of brutal, high-casualty battles. These conflicts altered the nation’s history and landscape. Fought on ...

The Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 is widely regarded as Robert E. Lee's greatest masterpiece of the American Civil War. Vastly outnumbered, Lee divided his army and unleashed Stonewall Jackson on ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious world of the hit TV show Severance? The Battle of Cold Harbor was a ...

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1800: The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 to 3, 1863. From a 19th century illustration. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images) The Battle of Gettysburg, which occurred from ...

On December 6, 1861, a special dispatch from Stanford, Kentucky to the Louisville Daily Journal warned that a sizeable Confederate cavalry force had crossed the Cumberland River and threatened ...

HURRICANE, W.Va. — A new Civil War Trails marker was unveiled Friday in Hurricane at the site of an 1863 battle. Installed at ShotFire Fitness, located at 1165 Midland Trail across the road from ...

The last of several events marking the 160th anniversary of a Civil War raid into Missouri is planned for Newtonia this Saturday. It will include tours of one of the oldest homes in Southwest Missouri ...

More than a century before streaming platforms and superhero cinematic universes, American filmmakers were already chasing scale, spectacle and national history. One of the boldest examples is The ...

MANASSAS, Va. (7News) — Across the entire DMV, we are surrounded by history. No matter where you go, it’s easy to find a landmark or battlefield that hosted a consequential moment from America’s past.