May 1864 was one of the bloodiest months in U.S. military history, with three major Civil War battles – each involving more than 100,000 engaged forces ...

A long-forgotten Civil War map has recently been rediscovered, shedding new light on the bloody aftermath of the battle of Antietam. Some 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing following ...

Battle spelled the end of war No one knew that Franklin would lead to the end of the Civil War, Jacobson said. "Near the end of 1864, no one knew when it was going to be over," he said.

The Union debacle at Ball’s Bluff showed a great truth: The Civil War was a river war, with a river of lessons for commanders on both sides.

This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of war: the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest ever fought in the Western Hemisphere. For three days, 150,000 men will fight to the ...

A newly discovered 150-year-old map of the Civil War’s Battle of Antietam shows thousands of graves of Union and Confederate soldiers killed near Sharpsburg, Md., in 1862.

Despite the fact that no battles were fought here, New York State's contribution to the Civil War effort was vast and included massive, multiple resources. As the most populated state in the North ...

May 1864 was one of the bloodiest months in U.S. military history, with three major Civil War battles – each involving more than 100,000 engaged forces ...