Union troops attempt to cross the Rappahannock River during the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, on Dec. 13, 1862. (MPI/Getty Images) Among the weathered and once-cracked headstones in Michigan’s ...

The American Civil War left many lasting scars in the national psyche, which helps to explain why it has repeatedly proved to ...

This summer, Oregon farmer Joe Rossi’s property in North Portland has doubled as the set of his self-written short film about a Civil War-era rivalry. Rossi, who began dabbling in movie-making two ...

Braxton Bragg was a West Point-trained U.S. Army officer who became one of the Confederacy's most prominent — and most ...