William Harvey Carney actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect of his fellow ...

The property includes an earthen structure that is one of 14 self-contained fortifications, known as redoubts, that enslaved ...

No Union victory in the Civil War came easier than the capture of ... David Farragut. His plan to get past Fort Jackson relied less on brute strength and more on timing, speed and execution.

You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today, you can see for yourself where all the action happened by taking a ferry to the ...

In this new episode of Kings and Generals’ Civil War series ... into the wider context of the war, examining the early stages of secession, battles like Fort Sumter and Bull Run, and the ...