The Latest Breaking News from Civil War

Discovering her family's deep history, actress Danielle Brooks learns that one of her ancestors enlisted in the Union army during the Civil War.

Recreational fishermen and conservation groups worry overfishing for menhaden threatens the Chesapeake Bay. Industry says current data doesn't support shutting down the more than century-old fishery.

The desolation of a prisoner-of-war camp in the American civil war is drawn with tragic power

The former New York Times editor’s remarkable book on Alabamians fighting for the Union in the civil war, and his own family history

Situated along the picturesque James River, Richmond, the capital of Virginia, offers a unique mix of historical importance and contemporary charm.

A reply to Prof. Kurt Lash's response to the brief by Profs. Akhil Amar & Vikram Amar.

Nikki Haley's appearance on SNL sparks backlash as she is questioned on the Civil War and criticized for lack of screen time for other candidates.

New TV series The Way sees Sheen team up with documentary legend Adam Curtis and Sherwood writer James Graham – to start a rebellion. The team talk dirt, destruction and civil war

Freedmen’s Town was once a destination for Black people after the civil war but after decades of decline and gentrification, a new exhibition aims to take it back

The CinemaBlend staff compiled the best Western films we could wrangle up.

[Prof. Kurt Lash (Richmond), who is a leading legal historian of the Fourteenth Amendment, was kind enough to pass along this response to an amicus brief by Profs. Akhil Reed Amar (Yale) and Vikram David Amar (Illinois) in Trump v. Anderson, and I'm delighted to have it published here. As…