The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861.

Proud of her Southern roots and fervently pro-slavery, Rose O'Neal Greenhow wanted to support the Confederacy in any way she could. And in the early days of the Civil War, she got her chance when ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

On Jan. 25, 1865, a company of Black Union soldiers ... Remains of 4 Confederate soldiers, amputated legs and gold coins found at a Civil War battlefield in Virginia A 1936 map shows the location ...

The Magnolia State takes it a step further and celebrates April as Confederate Heritage Month. Gov. Tate Reeves signed a proclamation on April 17, noting the war started this month in 1861.

Terry resigned as chief justice and joined the Confederacy ... the Civil War began in 1861, Starr King helped California raise $1.2 million, more than any state in the union, for the U.S. Sanitary ...

Grab a map from a docent and ... of much larger cities. In 1861, following Virginia's secession from the Union, Richmond became the capital of the Confederacy. The city's capitol building ...

Resolutions were unanimously adopted that Kentucky won't permit the marching of troops to the Confederate States ... for the defence of the city. The Union flags on the steamers have all been ...

More than 160 years after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, echoes of the Civil ...