Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

William Harvey Carney actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect of his fellow ...

The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, ‘The Last American Road Trip,’ Sarah ...

COLUMBUS—The Friends of the Polk County Public Libraries has announced the receipt of a large amount of books featuring Civil ...

The Spanish Civil War was a conflict that pitted the Republican government against Spanish Nationalists led by General Francisco Franco from 1936-1939. Families were torn apart as people took sides.

Her latest novel took her 16 years to complete. “Above the Salt” is historical fiction largely set in Jacksonville and Springfield around the time of the Civil War. She stumbled on the idea ...

The Civil War general, who would go down in history for ... ranging from corrections to Sherman’s own opinions on events in other books. “Being able to open up these books and seeing that ...

Chris Bohjalian's 25th novel, "The Jackal's Mistress," is a Civil War love story based on real events. For more than 20 years, author Chris Bohjalian carried the seed of a Civil War story in his ...

A Chicago rabbi, Liebmann Adler, welcomed the conclusion of the Civil War and the end to slavery, a “disaster in an otherwise blessed land.” Emma Mordecai, a Virginia Jew, prepared ...

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. Covering American History C-SPAN style: with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors ...

Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army fought on.