And one June day 139 years ago, those elements merged off the coast of France in one of the most famous naval encounters of the American Civil War. The result was the victory of the USS Kearsarge ...

A colossal panoramic painting depicting the Battle of Atlanta from the Civil War is being lifted by cranes from the building where it has been housed for nearly a century and then trucked to its ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

The painting, “The Vermont Division at Battle of Chancellorsville”, was painted by a Civil War veteran from Vermont, Julian Scott. This weekend, it sold at an auction for over $100,000 to ...

Vermont’s Statehouse is known as a living museum, filled with historic and storied pieces of art. That includes the iconic “Battle of Cedar Creek,” painted by Vermonter and Civil War veteran ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The National Civil War Museum is in the midst of what it hopes will be a fruitful, but costly, undertaking. An estimated $1.25 million is set to go into preserving and ...

In reality, though, the Civil War was far from land-locked. Naval warfare played a huge role in the conflict, with the Union victory at the Battle of Port Royal and the standstill at the Battle of ...

Historian Bradley Gottfried discussed a trio of strategic bridge battles at Antietam in 1862, the single bloodiest day of the Civil War. This was part of the National Museum of the Civil War ...

One might well wonder why an inland city was selected as the site of a Civil War naval museum. The answer is twofold. The first part involves the strategic location and industrial resources of ...

Civil War artifacts from the battle of Columbus, GA may still lie at the bottom of the Chattahoochee River, according to one historian.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - A Civil War painting depicting a pivotal battle fought by Vermonters is coming back to the Green Mountain State. “The Vermont Division at Battle of Chancellorsville ...