Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...

Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his ...

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

"It's amazing that they were still there and we found them," said Tom Keating, coordinator for the Missing In America Project ...

The Civil War was a military, cultural, political, and economic milestone in American history. For four years the nation was in a bloody divide that extended from the East Coast to the pioneer West ...

a piece of pottery—that highlight African-American involvement in the Civil War. They offer students opportunities to research and create paper or interactive biographical posters, delve into ...

At the climax of the divisive movie “Civil War,” American soldiers snake through the White House to hunt down the president.

This section displays objects that were used as flags during the Civil War. National Museum of American History Old Glory flag National Museum of American History United States National 34-Star Flag ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. Discover the people and events that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with American ...

“To speak as the slave would, to say that we are as happy for the Civil War as most Americans are for the Revolutionary War, is to rupture the narrative.” ...