April 1865 was a momentous month in American history. On April 9, the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union forces of Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War.

The “History of the Civil War in the United States, 1860-1865” was published by The Comparative Synoptical Chart Company back in 1897. And while its gloriously complex form has been ...

A long-forgotten Civil War map has recently been rediscovered, shedding new light on the bloody aftermath of the battle of Antietam. Some 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing following ...

The Civil War was the deadliest conflict ever fought on American soil with approximately 620,000 fatalities, according to History.com. Recent analysis could even suggest these numbers are higher ...

Civil War is a haunting take speculative war film, splintering the United States into four distinct factions. The film doesn't dive too deeply into the origins or specifics of the conflict that ...

A newly discovered 150-year-old map of the Civil War’s Battle of Antietam shows thousands of graves of Union and Confederate soldiers killed near Sharpsburg, Md., in 1862.

The Civil War started in April 1861 and raged for over four years. From Fort Sumter to Appomattox and beyond, here are the most basic facts you need.

GRAPHIC photographs from the American Civil War capture the death and destruction of the nation’s bloodiest conflict. Harrowing images from the battle, which lasted from 1861-1865, show count… ...