This time they were accepted into all-black units. The first of these ... Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died ...

On the morning of September 29, 1864, as dawn broke over eastern Virginia, some 700 1 black soldiers in the 4th and 6th regiments of ... more than a footnote in Civil War history—a battle ...

the only Civil War general from North Carolina. Trump has been adamant in his opposition to renaming bases honoring Confederate leaders. “I have been clear in my opposition to politically ...

"It was said during the American Civil War that there were more Confederate flags flying here than in Richmond, Virginia — and Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy," Westgaph told CNN.

As with any civil strife, the war was marked by excruciating ironies. Robert E. Lee became a legend in the Confederate army ... the state of Missouri sent 39 regiments to fight in the siege ...

"It was said during the American Civil War that there were more Confederate flags flying here than in Richmond, Virginia — and Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy," Westgaph told CNN.

The Kankakee Valley Historical Society will share that and other stories of the Northwest Indiana's contribution to the Civil War this weekend. “The Civil War Comes to Northwest Indiana” will take ...

Many of the Confederate memorials in the spotlight today were built long after the Civil War had ended in 1865. In fact, many were built between the 1890s and 1950s, during the era of Jim Crow ...