While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

A trunk filled with reproductions and models of Civil War-era items is giving middle school students here an opportunity to more deeply explore that time period.

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

Crew on site in January collecting images for National Endowment for the Humanities project creating historic graffiti ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

Today's History Seekers adventure takes us to a field used by both confederate and union soldiers during the American Civil ...

Once the arsenal of the Confederacy and a manufacturer of shells during both World Wars, Tredegar ceased operations for good ...

There’s been a lot of conversation recently about monuments dedicated to Confederate leaders. But, this history professor has ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...