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

having participated in Civil War reenactments since he was 14 years old. “We’ve gotten a lot of people to see the collection ...

Thus Bryan began the four-year renovation that saw him remove all the heavy plaster that was installed when the fort turned ...

The fort served as a facility for casualty support and hospital care until the end of the Civil War. Once the conflict ended, the U.S. Department of Defense found various uses for the building and ...

and on April 12 they attacked Fort Sumter, a federal stronghold in Charleston, South Carolina. Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought in ...

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 ...

Once Fort Marion, Castillo de San Marcos was an important historical fort in the U.S. Civil War. It is located in St. Augustine, Florida. NFL News: Browns secure replacement for Deshaun Watson ...

DELAWARE CITY. Delaware -- Nestled on Pea Patch Island is Fort Delaware, a historic Civil War-era site, offering a unique blend of living history and ghostly intrigue. To get to the fort ...

The Fort Dobbs State Historic Site will commemorate North Carolina’s military history with a Military Timeline event on Nov. 9.

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 ...

If it came down instead to just two states, we would be tempted to say that the Civil War was the conflict of Massachusetts and South Carolina. Even for Robert Kagan, who specializes in sweeping ...