Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Robert Watson provided a short overview about the Civil War during the summer of 1864 and the near invasion of Washington, D.C., by ...

The 1864 Indian Head Cent is a significant Civil War–era issue from the U.S. Mint, representing a major transition in ...

More than 100,000 soldiers marched across a newly constructed pontoon bridge and crossed the James River in 1864.

Instead of focusing on a single battlefield of the Civil War, Sam Wheeler looked at a wider war unfolding far from the front lines.

In the spring of 1864, northwest Louisiana became the center of one of the Civil War’s most ambitious and consequential Union offensives. Known as the Red ...

Reenactors can register for the event by Aug. 1 for $15 per person (ages 13 and older). Walk-in registration is $20 per person and will be held at the farm on Aug. 8. Single-day Civil War Weekend ...

Mackowski’s latest book is titled “Atlas of Independence: John Adams and the American Revolution.” He recently gave talks about the book at the Adams County Historical Society in Gettysburg, ...

QUITMAN, Ga. (WALB) - On August 22, 1864, four men were executed for conspiring to plot a slave insurrection in Brooks County, according to the Georgia Historical Society. The three Black men and one ...

Two trains collided near Lafayette, on Oct. 31, 1864, killing 30 people, mostly soldiers. Many of the soldiers killed were returning home from the Civil War, some after being released from Libby ...