At Cold Harbor, Grant launched a furious assault against what he thought was a tired and beaten enemy—and suffered a bloody ...

Virginia did not allow Black residents to vote until after the Civil War. But during the war, a group of Black soldiers in ...

GOAL: Revenge on the North for the Union Army's ill treatment of Southerners; an effort to supply the Confederacy with much needed cash and/or to force the North to pull badly needed troops from ...

The popular "Yellowstone" TV series, set and filmed in Montana, taps into a lesser-known chapter of the state's history: its ...

Many of the war’s earliest casualties were left on the field for days before they died or were removed to hospitals. But both ...

Like the upcoming election only weeks away, the election of 1864 was considered the most important in history up until that point. Accordingly, the Confederacy planned arguably the first October ...

1864, after a siege of nearly three months. In part, this victory seemed to shore up Lincoln’s support amongst the Union ...

On Oct. 28, 1864, five brigades of pursuing Union cavalry caught the Confederates and attacked near the brick home owned by Mathew Ritchey. Confederate Brig. Gen. Joe Shelby’s infantry division ...

The city is rich in history, from miners to Copper Kings and lawmakers. But it wasn’t always the Queen City of the Rockies.

In 1864, the United States was in the bloody midst of the most ... in states seceding from the U.S. and the Union taking ...

In 1864, after three years of bloodshed, former Missouri Gov. Sterling Price, while serving as a Confederate general, presented his plan to invade Missouri, take control of its largest cities and ...

Discover the fascinating national park sites in Georgia. Explore Civil War battlegrounds, historic sites, and natural wonders ...