Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in the war, approximately the same number as in all of America's other wars ...

she portrayed a woman disguised as a man in more than 15 Civil War reenactments. In 1989, she was dressed as a Confederate fife player when park rangers at Antietam confronted her as she was ...

In some states, Grant deployed troops to maintain order and guarantee that African Americans and their Republican allies ...

Noteworthy among these chapters of history is its role during the Civil War, during which the grounds became known as Camp Randall, a barracks for Union troops and a prison camp for captured ...

"Incidents of the war: A harvest of ... soldiers that served in the Civil War 1 in 5 — Average death rate for all Civil War soldiers 3:1 — Ratio of Confederate deaths to Union deaths 9:1 ...

"It was said during the American Civil War that there were more Confederate flags flying here than in Richmond, Virginia — and Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy," Westgaph told CNN.

In doing so, he became the last Confederate general to lay down his arms in the Civil War. His force at the time comprised Creek, Seminole, Cherokee, and Osage Indians. Watie led a delegation of ...

"It was said during the American Civil War that there were more Confederate flags flying here than in Richmond, Virginia — and Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy," Westgaph told CNN.