In late 1864, the North had taken control of the Civil War. A few months later, in April 1865, Robert E. Lee’s army lost control of Petersburg and Richmond, and he surrendered days later in ...

Originally a supply depot for Union forces in Kentucky, Camp Nelson became the site where 10,000 Black soldiers trained in the Civil War ... these troopers in 1864 and 1865.

By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Some 80 men of Company E of the 5th US Colored Cavalry were driving a herd of cattle from Camp Nelson, near Nicholasville, to Louisville to supply food for those ...

In April 1865, Lee ultimately surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, hastening the end of the Civil War.

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

“After looking at maps of the Civil War, after looking at property records, it was determined this was the area of Alfred Mouton,” Muller said. The site, once part of Gen. Alfred Mouton’s plantation, ...

Civil War historian Ed Bearrs once called the 1864 battle at Newtonia “the final act of Price’s great raid, the largest mounted expedition launched on either side, a deep penetration raid.

Discover the unique aspects of the American Civil War, including the recruitment of companies of men from the same community.

For decades, the cremated remains on more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities Washington ...

The Droop Mountain Battlefield became the first West Virginia State Park and part of the Civil War Discovery Trail, now known ...