In this new episode of Kings and Generals’ Civil War series, we cover the Battle of Fredericksburg—one of the bloodiest and ...

The Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 marked the explosive start of the American Civil War. Confederate forces ... thrown us a curveball': Largest-ever map of space reveals we might have gotten ...

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (WJAR) — Dozens gathered in East Greenwich Saturday afternoon to celebrate the anniversary of the Civil War's final battle. The American Civil War ended with the Battle of ...

On this ground, hundreds of U.S. soldiers died in a defeat so stinging that it spawned a vengeful American battle cry ... River Raisin Battlefield. The Civil War’s superior firepower in ...

The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...

This had a big impact on wars like the American Civil War. With these rifles, soldiers could hit targets from far away, making battles even more dangerous. Before the Maxim Machine Gun ...

Bruton Parish Church officials hung a new plaque explaining an existing Civil War-era tablet that honors dead Confederate soldiers from the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg. The installation took place ...

In dramatic scenes that appear to mark a turning point in nearly two years of civil war, Sudan’s military ... weapons since the start of the war. Map of Sudan highlighting Khartoum.

A New York Times reporter and photographer were the first Western journalists to visit central Khartoum since the civil war broke out two ... At the battle-scarred presidential palace in the ...

Hogan's standards for realism appear stringent: For example, while he gives credit where it's due with 1993's "Gettysburg" for its depiction of accurate Civil War battle formations, he didn't ...

A ground offensive in Darfur would entail battles on the RSF ... “But does it actually bring the war closer to the end?” asks Payton Knopf, a former American diplomat.

In the immediate aftermath of the war, American commentators painted the battles of 1812-15 as part ... paid lip service to the ideals of freedom, civil rights and constitutional government.