Newly formed Union regiments in the Civil War were typically made up of about 1,000 troops – 970 enlistees and 30 officers.

The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing linking them to the Civil War.

Sebrell’s account of the Fifth Michigan Regiment ends before the Battle of Fredericksburg. He does note that by war’s end, the unit took the fifth-most casualties of any Civil War regiment.

A parade of 80 replica Civil War flags wove its way back into the state Capitol building on Saturday after renovations to the rotunda.

Browse key Civil War facts and dates and learn about the people, places and events surrounding the Civil War.

For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle.

The Westmoreland Historical Society invites the public to step back in time during its Civil War Encampment and Reenactment ...

In the confusion, chaos and carnage often resulting from close-quarters Civil War combat, hundreds of region men relied on their regimental flags to show them where to rally.

Archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg recently announced the discovery of four Confederate soldier skeletons, revealing a makeshift hospital from the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg.

Mention Fort Wagner and the student of the Civil War can give you a virtual blow-by-blow description of the regiment’s most famous fight. But how many of those who know so much about Colonel Robert ...