John Flansburgh, of the band They Might Be Giants, was on the phone. “I have mixed emotions about ‘fabulous’ Williamsburg,” said Mr. Flansburgh, 47, who has lived in that ne… ...

Civil War Miniseries ‘North and South’ Brewing at Discovery and Lionsgate. New series to come some 30 years after the Emmy-winning 'North and South' starring Kirstie Alley and Patrick Swayze.

A Vicksburg man's goal to collect guns from the Civil War period grew into a larger project when he discovered a bill of sale for a 7-year-old girl.. Then, his goal became a quest to give people a ...

After the Civil War ended in April 1865, ... Common cause: Hundreds of Civil War's 'Silent Sentinels' still on guard in North and South. Associated Press. Published April 18, ...

The Civil War officially ended on Aug. 20, 1866, but Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army 16 months earlier on April 9, 1865. ... North Carolina and South Carolina.

How the South lost on the battlefield but won the culture war. While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," Heather Cox Richardson ...

If you were a child in a boating family on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal 150 years ago, war would never be far from your thoughts. Why? Because your days — and nights — were spent along the ...

"Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War" By Elizabeth Varon (Oxford, 513 pages, $34.95) Everyone knows that Confederates fought the Civil War to preserve and extend the slave… ...

EDENTON, N.C.—Rod Phillips and Michael Dean, a pair of white 70-something retirees, take opposing sides in the Civil War, usually between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturdays. They are separated by a ...

The North, for its part, pushed its own kind of purity, emphasizing emancipation and turning the war into a crusade. A handful of Westerners protested these narratives and argued that the “loyal west” ...