American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Kings and Generals continues its animated historical documentary series with a new focus on the American Civil War. This series follows their previous coverage of the American Revolution, now ...

Thousands of volunteers work to decode handwritten records from America's past. The National Archives program includes ...

Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the ...

The International Context, a new digital archive that demonstrates the far-reaching involvement of European nations in the ...

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.

What is Cold Harbor on Severance? History may hold the answer. What is Cold Harbor on Severance? History may hold the answer.

This week's letter to the editor asks a question posed in the movie 'Civil War': 'What kind of American are you?' ...

One Texan newspaper professed itself “thrilled by the death of our oppressor." The American Civil War left a bitter legacy. In the south, burned and devastated, the whites remained very angry ...

The American Civil War Museum actually comprises three sites: The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar and the White House of the Confederacy can both be found in Richmond, while the ...