May 1864 was one of the bloodiest months in U.S. military history, with three major Civil War battles – each involving more than 100,000 engaged forces – taking place in northern Virginia and ...

The Battle of Gettysburg saw excessive heat and a severe thunderstorm, likely piling on the casualties to the biggest battle ...

Long considered the major turning point in the Civil War, the Union's victory in the three-day battle not only ended Lee's hopes of invading the north, it gave President Abraham Lincoln a needed ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious world of the hit TV show Severance?

Bull Run—or Manassas, as Southerners call it, preferring to name Civil War battles for towns instead of watercourses—was a fierce battle, but not huge compared with those to come later.

Oct. 20—The last of several events marking the 160th anniversary of a Civil War raid into Missouri is planned for Newtonia this Saturday. It will include tours of one of the oldest homes in ...

The Devon town of Great Torrington was the site of one of the last major battles of the first English Civil War - its outcome helped to bring about the eventual defeat and execution of King Charles I.

One of three major Civil War battles involving at least 100,000 engaged forces, the Battle of Resaca in northwestern Georgia – along an important transportation route of the Western & Atlantic ...