It's not hard to understand why so many Americans join the military during a time of crisis.

All ten bases are located in former Confederate states.

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Cotton, slaves and arrogance just weren't going to be enough to overcome everything else the Confederates lacked during the...

Darren Sands was researching his family history when he found a riveting missing piece.

On June 19, 1865, slaves in Texas -- the last rebel state to be occupied by the Union Army -- finally heard the words of the...

Shenandoah County's school board voted 5-1 to rename Mountain View High School as Stonewall Jackson High School and Honey Run...

The document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union's military response to the launch of the U.S. Civil War is now...

The stench of decomposing bodies was overpowering, the terrible smell made all the more repugnant by the stifling July heat...

The American Battlefield Trust Book Prize for History is like March Madness for the best books on military history.