So new was the information it provided that he and several colleagues met there this past week, when they used a battery of old aerial photos, print-outs of maps dating back to the 1850s and three ...

A long-forgotten Civil War map has recently been rediscovered, shedding new light on the bloody aftermath of the battle of Antietam. Some 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing following ...

For the hardcore Civil War buff, this 200-page volume offers something close to what author Tony Horwitz called "wargasm." "The Old North State at War," by editor and cartographer Mark A. Moore ...

Striking Civil War Maps of the Territory Gains That Saved Lincoln's Presidency How a military campaign helped a political campaign prevail. The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images.

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.

He's since crafted several books and maps on the Civil War. Charlie Patton. When he graduated from Northwestern University in 1992, Aaron Sheehan-Dean thought his future lay in government.

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 ...