A new collection of primary source documents, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," is the third set of letters ...

Description This lesson provides a few examples of letters from African Americans during the Civil War era. The lesson, which features author Rita Roberts speaking at the Massachusetts Historical ...

Feb. 11). One side in the current Cold Civil War is not interested in any meaningful debate or discussion. It is concerned only with crushing and destroying any opposition.

The short, unpublished letter had been in the same private collection for at least a century before it was acquired by the Raab Collection in Pennsylvania earlier this year.

A previously unknown and unpublished Civil War-era letter from President Abraham Lincoln has been acquired by the Raab Collection — and is being sold for $85,000. Here are details.

In the US Civil War of 1861-1865 an estimated 620,000 soldiers combined from both sides died, not including all the civilian deaths due to loss of food, shelter, and health care.

The Texas Civil War Museum opens to visitors in the White Settlement suburb of Fort Worth on April 20, 2023. The museum shared that it will be closing at the end of the year.

Speaker shares glimpse of Civil War soldier’s life through letters By Prudence Siebert, Fort Leavenworth Lamp Editor March 6, 2025 ...

Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Court House 160 years ago this month. The Confederate South fought under the banner of white racial superiority and the idea that — even ...

Retropolis Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War As the new administration tries to ban certain people from the military, a history lesson may show us which Americans are battle-tested.

From a Civil War Sex Scandal to the Depths of Pearl Harbor: New Documentary Brings Astonishing Wartime Letters to Life In 'Behind the Lines', narrated by Annette Bening, selections from the ...

“War is hell.” That quote is attributed to Union Gen. William Sherman, who observed the death and destruction of war as he marched his troops through the South during the Civil War. War in ...