This December, join Dr. Damian Shiels for a comprehensive three-week online course titled "Researching the American Civil War." Explore the remarkable stories of Irish bravery, sacrifice, and ...

As the final months of the American Civil War unfolded, we follow how a long-fractured nation moved from brutal fighting ...

Cecily Zander, an assistant professor of history at the University of Wyoming, has earned the 2025 Center for Civil War Research’s Wiley-Silver Prize for the best first book in Civil War history. This ...

Dan Gediman’s new podcast, The Copperhead Conspiracy, looks at how thousands of Northerners conspired with the Confederacy to ...

PITTSBURGH-As the Civil War was raging, thousands of American readers would wait to get news on the conflict every seven days from Harper’s Weekly, then the most widely-read periodical in the United ...

The bloodiest day in American history occurred 150 years ago, on Sept. 17, 1862, at the Battle of Antietam (Union name) or Sharpsburg (Confederate name). More Americans died on this single day than ...

A new monument honoring 70 Black men from Franklin County who served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War was ...

Dozens of people sat on the edges of their seats Saturday at the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City as speakers detailed Civil War efforts in Missouri in late 1864. Among the speakers at a ...

On the occasion of the ACLU’s centennial, this essay collection explores many critical moments in the organization’s history. In 1917, war fever was sweeping the country. So was anti-dissent hysteria.

The smell of campfires and gunpowder were in the air at Burton Century Village Museum and Historical Education Center’s Civil War re-enactment. The encampment took place on May 24 at 14653 E. Park St.

Mississippi is a state steeped in history, with a rich cultural heritage that spans centuries. From the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, Mississippi has played a pivotal role in shaping the ...

It is a warm day in Paris in the mid-1930s. In a crowded sidewalk cafe, a group of foreign correspondents gathered. In their ranks is William L. Shirer, former newspaper reporter and recently named by ...