At the time the Civil War began in 1861, the United States government did not print paper money; it only minted coins. As a historian of the American Civil War, I study how the Confederate government ...

A month-long lecture series, “1861: Virginia Prepares for War,” continues Feb. 10 in Abingdon with a lecture by Dr. Brian Wills on the various depictions of the Civil War in film and speculations ...

David W. Blight, one of the country’s foremost authorities on slavery and the Civil War, will lead a course exploring the intertwined and lasting legacies of the two as part of an annual Yale lecture ...

BATAVIA -- An ongoing series of lectures organized by Genesee Community College on the Civil War turns to the role of weather and topography for a Wednesday discussion. Dr. Aaron Wheeler of Capital ...

We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 — 160 years ago Wednesday. In fact, reality was ...

The American Civil War erupted in 1861 with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, followed soon after by the First Battle of Bull Run. This video traces the opening shots of the war, the shockwaves ...

A month-long lecture series, “1861: Virginia Prepares for War,” begins this week in Abingdon. It is sponsored by the Arts Array of Virginia Highlands Community College in conjunction with the ...

In this episode, we visit a Confederate camp reenactment featuring members of the 48th Alabama Infantry. Their historically accurate gear gives us a unique opportunity to learn how to identify Civil ...

Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson are often pictured together, the gallant Lee, who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia, and the daring, resourceful Jackson, who died ...