Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 20—The last of several events marking the 160th anniversary of a Civil War raid into Missouri is planned for Newtonia this ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On July 22 in 1864, Union and Confederate forces began fighting in one of Georgia’s greatest Civil War battles – the Battle of Atlanta. Atlanta was the largest industrial, ...

This Library of America volume is the fourth in a four-volume series bringing together memorable and significant writing by participants in the American Civil War. Preface -- Introduction -- Yankee ...

On May 19, 1864, President Lincoln wrote Senator Charles Sumner to propose legislation guaranteeing the widows and children of black Union soldiers killed in battle would get equal benefits to white ...

The battle of Cool Creek (July 17-18, 1864) was fought along the Shenandoah River in Clarke County, Virginia, and is almost unknown to most students of the Civil War, at best a footnote to the Battle ...

The 1864 Battle of Olustee was the second deadliest battle for the Union Army and both sides called it the worst fighting of the Civil War. The 1989 film "Glory" was both an awesome movie and a ...

The last of several events marking the 160th anniversary of a Civil War raid into Missouri is planned for Newtonia this Saturday. It will include tours of one of the oldest homes in Southwest Missouri ...