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., ...

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 ...

Vancouver’s former Army post provided a training ground for both Union and Confederate officers until the Civil War broke out in April 1861. At the start of the Civil War, some officers resigned and j ...

Morgan’s 1,000-mile raid into Indiana and Ohio was a costly mistake for the Confederate Army. His history in Lexington ...

December, members of Walla Walla’s Chapter NW-021 of the Reserve Organization of America and Twin W Composite Squadron, Civil ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.

Some 179,000 Black men served in the Union Army during the Civil War and another 19,000 served in the Navy, according to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

The president celebrates the 250th anniversary of the US Army as demonstrators hold "No Kings" events from coast to coast.