Throughout much of the Civil War, a key Union objective was to penetrate the South and seize the city of Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy. In order to take the city, Union troops ...

Kings and Generals' animated historical documentary series on early modern history and the United States continues with a new series on the Civil War. Covering the causes of secession, early ...

The Civil War was an extremely divisive time in American history that split the North and South into the Union and the ...

FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia (CNN)-- After nearly three years of excavation, archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the site of George Washington's boyhood home near the banks of the ...