The Civil War marked an inflection point in U.S. history like no other. Fought less than a century after the country won independence from Great Britain, the war pitted free, federalist states in ...

Approximately 2.4 million soldiers were engaged in the Civil War, with around 1.56 million fighting for the North and an estimated 800,000 for the South (although Confederate records remain ...

Check out Philip Weiss' appraisal of an Identified Civil War Soldier Carte de Visite & Pin in Junk in the Trunk 11.

Scores of handwritten letters from a Civil War soldier to his wife have been donated to the Islip Historical Society by a family that traces its roots to the Long Island town. As CBS2's Carolyn ...

The four soldiers’ remains were likely from when a makeshift hospital treated wounded soldiers during the Civil War’s Battle of Williamsburg.

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

The story of Civil War soldier Jacob Miller (spelled "Millar" in some instances), is seemingly miraculous, if nothing else. After suffering a gunshot wound to the forehead, the Union Army private ...

History detective uncovers stories of Arlington Heights’ forgotten Civil War soldiers Arlington Heights history buff Brian Maloney uncovered the stories of nine locals who died in the Civil War.

Robert Farrell's list of Civil War soldiers with Long Island connections has grown to more than 6,000 names. Credit: Linda Rosier CONFEDERATE TROOPS, TOO ...

Civil War Soldiers Buried at HomeCivil War Soldiers Buried at Home Unearthed in Centreville in 1997, they're finally buried in Massachusetts.

CASUALTIES IN THE ARMY; FRONTIER LIFE OF UNITED STATES SOLDIERS. LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE REGULAR ARMY KILLED BY INDIANS SINCE THE CLOSE OF THE CIVIL WAR.

Pennsylvania museum ensures Black Civil War soldiers' legacies not forgotten At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their ...