For four straight years, Union and Confederate soldiers battled during the bloodiest war in American history ... by the American people throughout the Civil War.

What his new home did offer was a chance to learn about the pivotal Civil War battle that was fought nearby ... once dubbed it “the hardest test in history.” Lawyers who have taken it say ...

The Civil War ... now quiet battle sites, interviews with distinguished historians, and the inclusion of first-person accounts. In the words of Ken Burns, "the Civil War was history running ...

For all that, New Market Heights is little more than a footnote in Civil War history—a battle, scholars agree, that deserves better. “It fell to black sergeants to keep the unit organized ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Garry Adelman, a historian, rates nine American Civil War battles in movies. He comments on the Civil War-era artillery and rifles on display in "Free State of ...