Striking Civil War Maps of the Territory Gains That Saved Lincoln's Presidency How a military campaign helped a political campaign prevail. The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images.

April 1865 was a momentous month in American history. On April 9, the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union forces of Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War ...

A long-forgotten Civil War map has recently been rediscovered, shedding new light on the bloody aftermath of the battle of Antietam. Some 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing following ...

The American Civil War was by far the deadliest conflict in U.S. history. From the start of the war in April 1861, with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, until General Robert E. Lee’s ...

The Civil War marked an inflection point in U.S. history like no other. ... > No. of major battles in Washington Territory: 0 > Side of the war most troops from Washington Territory fought on: Union.