The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

An Ohio Civil War veteran born in Henry County will be honored in Lawrence County, South Dakota, Monday, according to the ...

The newest design is a mix of 21st-century jurisprudence while still offering 'reverence' to the history that will surround it ...

Fitz Lee grew up in Dinwiddie County, received the Medal of Honor for bravery during wartime and died of health issues ...

A Civil War veteran from RI was buried in an unmarked grave. Now he's getting his due. Civil War Veteran George Thomas Leach Sr. was buried without a gravestone at North Burial Ground in ...

The Confederacy spared no expense defending cities like Richmond and Petersburg in Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; and Vicksburg, Mississippi — sacrificing thousands of men over dots on ...

Griffin was wounded at the siege of Petersburg, Virginia on June 18, 1864, and he died at the age of 29 on July 11, 1864, in Annapolis, Maryland due to complications from his injury.

An enormous cache of recently discovered Civil War letters and other 19th century documents has been donated to Virginia Tech by a descendant of a Confederate general who later played a key role ...

Petersburg: City ropes off sidewalk in front of historic building in Old Towne. Here's why Four-story structure survived the Civil War, Petersburg's most destructive fire in 1815, Virginia's most ...

He served for three years in the 19th Infantry Regiment of the United States Colored Troops, fighting in several significant battles, including the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, Virginia.

The afternoon sessions of the Springfield Civil War Symposium covered in detail the events leading up to the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at the McClean House at Appomattox ...

The historic South Side Depot in Old Towne Petersburg will be restored, and eventually it will house a visitor's center devoted to interpreting the Civil War. MARK GORMUS/TIMES-DISPATCH ...