The city of Philippi is celebrating its place in history as the location of the first land battle of the Civil War with the annual Blue and Gray Reunion.

After the Civil War, Arkansas veterans returned home and attempted to revert to civilian life. During the immediate postwar decades, veterans and their families began to establish veterans' cemeteries ...

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil War a group of men reenacted "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg. Fotosearch / Getty Images A little over ten years after the start of the Civil War, in July ...

As early as 1865, survivors of the Civil War were acutely aware that people were purposefully shaping what would be remembered about the war and what would be omitted from the historical record. In ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Photos depicting amicable veterans that will be displayed during the 150th anniversary of Civil War events this summer at Gettysburg don't accurately represent how many felt ...