"I have lost this battle because my force was too small. The Government must not & cannot hold me responsible for the result . . . . I have seen too many dead & wounded comrades to feel otherwise than ...

A park ranger for Richmond National Battlefield Park didn’t know his acting experience would come into play when he started ...

Stephen Douglas was in the middle of it, had pushed through Congress something called the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which would make it much easier for slavery to spread into the American West.

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

It is one of thousands of such heart-rending pleas that appeared in papers across the country, starting even before slavery was abolished at the end of the Civil War and continuing as late as the ...

There are 18 National Parks in Maryland as well as an additional 10 affiliated sites that partner with the National Park ...

Gen. John Magruder, a Virginia-born Confederate general, took charge of Texas defenses from late 1862 onward, and led a series of colorful adventures along the way.