The cover of "Midnight on the Potomac" and author Scott Ellsworth. (Courtesy of Dutton and Jared Lazarus) A historian shatters myths from the last, desperate months of the Civil War to help us better ...

Images of some of the 19th Century flags in the Kansas Historical Society's collection that have degraded over time. Tom Schmidt is one of the people spearheading a program that would help raise funds ...

The American Civil War remains one of the most studied and debated periods in U.S. history, as well as our most tragic conflict. However, this infamous war is also one of the most misunderstood. Over ...

The American Civil War was defined not only by its political and moral issues, but by a series of brutal, high-casualty battles. These conflicts altered the nation’s history and landscape. Fought on ...

“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED. It’s impossible to look around and not wonder whether the US is teetering on the ...

Greened by time and the elements, a Civil War Army soldier, immortalized in bronze at Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale, has for decades anchored a 25-foot-high monument to the people buried there who ...

Both the Union and the Confederacy believed God was on their side, using faith to justify their respective causes. Tyler Rice of Columbus, Ohio is a freelance historian specializing in religion and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Some Civil War historians see echoes of the past in recent political violence and growing disillusionment with the ...