The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this ...

At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were ... on assignment without respite, covering the war from the opening salvos in April 1861 through the fall of the Confederacy four years later.

The three days of conflict at Gettysburg resulted in 51,000 casualties, making it the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Courtesy: Library of Congress From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged America.

sparking the formation of the “Committee on the Conduct of the War,” which plagued Lincoln and his commanders until the end. A good read for anyone interested in the Civil War, and an important one ...

Correspondence of the New-York Times. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s ...

fighting epic battles hundreds of miles from home. They knew they were making history, and it was the greatest adventure of their lives. The Civil War has been given many names: the War Between ...

The American Civil War, which began in 1861, was a four-year struggle between ... During the four years of the Civil War, approximately 10,500 battles took place, including 50 major ones, and ...