The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

History comes alive as we metal detect a Civil War battlefield where a cavalry officer made his final stand. The relics we uncovered offer powerful insight into his last moments and the brutal reality ...

Ten months into the Civil ... of the war. Though coffee was cultivated around the world from Java to Ethiopia to Haiti, Brazil had been the main supplier to the United States. The Union blockade ...

April 9 marks 160 years of the anniversary of when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. It was a pivotal moment in American history, and one of the ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

Demonstrations and programs throughout the day will highlight military and civilian life during the Civil War, with a special ...

Parker – the highest-ranking Native American in the Union Army during the Civil War – was removed from ... He later served as a colonel in the Second U.S. Cavalry and resigned with the brevet ...

In the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops ...

Attendees of the sold-out March 8 Springfield Civil War Symposium had gained a full ... underbrush would render the horses of the Union cavalry useless and frustrate its artillery for the most ...