Francis Ernest Dumas was a wealthy soldier who became the highest ranking Black combat officer during the Civil War.

The Civil War is well known for great battles, famous generals and large casualties. But there was a lesser known side of the ...

Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...

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In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

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

Historian Patrick O’Donnell spotted an intriguing roadside marker and then spent six years researching a part of the Civil ...

GIOE is British Academy Global Professor of Intelligence and International Security at King’s College London and a former CIA analyst and operations officer. MICHAEL V. HAYDEN is a retired U.S. Air ...

A ceremony to honor Jefferson County’s last Civil War veteran was held recently at the Brookville Cemetery, when a special ...

Before the war, most people received health care at home. After the war, hospitals adapted from the battlefront model cropped up all over the country. The ambulance and nurses' corps became fixtures, ...