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 ...

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Some 80 men of Company E of the 5th US Colored Cavalry were driving a herd of cattle from Camp Nelson, near Nicholasville, to Louisville to supply food for those ...

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 ...

For all that, New Market Heights is little more than a footnote in Civil War history—a battle, scholars agree, that deserves better. “It fell to black sergeants to keep the unit organized ...

A "spy dress," with secret messages attached to a hoop beneath, enabled a lady to be a fashionable patriot. (Corinna Lothar/Special to The Washington Times) ...