Explore the rich history of Florida's Civil War forts, from the first shots fired at Fort Pickens to the prison where Dr.

As anger about the presence of ICE in Minneapolis divided the nation, Americans turned to the American Civil War for ...

The American Civil War began with tension, but it erupted with cannon fire at Fort Sumter. What followed was the chaotic and shocking Battle of Bull Run, where both sides realized the war would not be ...

The Economist watched with alarm as America descended into civil war in 1861. That April militiamen from South Carolina, which had seceded, bombarded Fort Sumter, a Union stronghold just off the state ...

KEY WEST, Fla. (Amazing America) — Those looking for a mix of Civil War history and a sunny Florida beach need to go no further than Fort Zachary Taylor, a waterfront landmark tucked at the southern ...

This week marks 161 years since Union and Confederate troops met in The Battle of Fort Myers.It was one of the 10,000 places where the Civil War was fought, to paraphrase the opening narration in Ken ...

Feb. 20 is the most important date in the history of Fort Myers.

Would an army with excellent captains and mediocre generals be better than one with a brilliant general and crummy captains? The Department of Data looks to the Civil War for answers.

By Erin Flynn Jay for Spotlight PA This story first appeared in PA Local, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA taking a fresh, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It was a war fueled by colonialism, launched with the intent of humiliating a weaker country, fought in the name ...

The Civil War isn’t what it used to be. Instead of the romantic version, a “good war” of courage and glory, that emerged in the conflict’s immediate aftermath, or the post-civil-rights-era emphasis on ...