The prized possession of a Fargo doctor was the chair Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sat on while signing the articles of capitulation that officially ended the Civil War. Dr. Henry Capehart, a Civil War hero, ...

The sword and scabbard of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman is displayed at Fleischer’s Auctions on Thursday in Columbus. The wartime sword, likely used between 1861 and 1863, are among ...

Reno died in what was like a junior varsity battle before the main event at Antietam Creek three days later. Because Antietam ...

For Americans, the first half of April should bring to mind a host of events. It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...

BLOOMINGTON -- Rival Civil War generals shared a stage at the David Davis Mansion State Historic Site on Saturday. Actors portraying 11 generals showed not only the historic leaders' passions for ...

Cindy Beaston has conversations with Civil War generals. “This is my friend, Pete Longstreet. I talk to him,’’ she said while showing a photo of one of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s lieutenant ...

See photo of Federal Hill home at 337 E. Hamburg Street in Baltimore, which is listed on the National Register of Historic ...

“The Memoirs of General William Tecumseh Sherman—The Complete Annotated Edition” is a Harvard University Press publication ...

The Luzerne County Historical Society will host the Confederation of Union Generals from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11 at the Swetland Homestead, 885 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. The confederation will ...

On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant at Virginia's Appomattox Court House, effectively ending The Civil War. During the final, decisive battles of the war, ...

Thirteen Medal of Honor recipients retraced the route of the Civil War’s Great Locomotive Chase on Tuesday, a historic event ...