April 1865 was a momentous month in American history. On April 9, the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union forces of Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War.

Civil War buffs are getting access to a treasure trove of information — thousands of original maps and diagrams of battles and military campaigns between 1861 and 1865, all posted on the ...

Two of the largest states in the Union, California and Texas, are depicted in Civil War as the Western Forces. In the universe of Civil War, these two states seceded from the union to form their ...

The civil war had dragged on for over three years, and the inability of the Union Army to capture Richmond and control Virginia led many Americans to doubt that victory was in sight.

By 1864, the Union Army's victories in Vicksburg and Gettysburg were overshadowed by growing criticism of the president's leadership and the failure to ...

HISTORY EXPLORED: Maps show Texas and the Gulf of Mexico during the Civil War. Panorama of the seat of war, with a bird's eye view of Texas and part of Mexico in 1861.

J. Michael Moore, left, Carol Steele, center, and Paul Emigholz, right, use a newly uncovered 1862 map in attempt to find the location of a lost Civil War fort that defended Gloucester Point and ...

If you’d like to see a map that shows where the slave population was heaviest during the Civil War, check out the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website. Yep, NOAA, the giant ...

2 maps that show the Civil War really was about slavery This moment demands more than headlines In a time of noise, confusion, and spin, we’re committed to clarity, truth, and depth — even ...