His hopes lasted a little over a month before, on April 12, the nation was thrust into one of the bloodiest military conflicts in U.S. history. With the 160th anniversary of the Civil War's conclusion ...

University of Tennessee archaeological students working at a former campus parking lot uncovered additional sections of a ...

A rare memoir of a Civil War veteran from Mooresburg has recently been found and published, offering more details about the ...

Author Erik Larson, one of the most popular authors of non-fiction history, joins us to discuss his new book The Demon of ...

The Civil War ended in 1865, but teaching about it, and the role slavery played in causing it, remains one of the most ...

Over the course of the two-day battle, Union forces again crushed Hood's army, effectively ending the Civil War in Tennessee. Unlike many other Civil War battlefields, much of the area where Union ...

Author William Styple talked about the childhood of artist James Kelly, who would go on to interview dozens of Union Civil War generals after the war to understand their war and depict it in art. The ...

The Freedom Riders History (05:04) Civil War (Joan Baez), With Dance Performance By Djassi Johnson and Kevin Boseman (04:23) 3D Preview of Petra by Virtual Wonders (00:39) Discovery of the Lake ...

GREENFIELD – Maranda Anderson wanted to do more than just tell her students about the Civil War. She wanted them to get their hands on a bit of history. Last week, she shared a trunk full of ...

Their subject? The Civil War. Michael McElreath called them to attention. McElreath works for the North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction. The new museum ...