On the morning of September 29, 1864, as dawn broke over eastern Virginia, some 700 1 black soldiers in the 4th and 6th regiments of the Union Army walked directly into enemy fire. The ultimate ...

At the first major land battle of the war on July 16, 1861 in Virginia at Manassas (Bull Run), two unproven green armies met and effectively slaughtered each ... there were 204 Union general ...

The Civil War was ... the most significant battles of the war were fought in the state, including the First and Second Battles of Bull Run, the Seven Days Battles, and General Lee’s surrender ...

The Civil War ... were convinced that their slaves would remain loyal to them. Some did, but the vast majority crossed Union lines as soon as Northern troops entered their vicinity. A Confederate ...

The Civil War was a military ... West between the North and the South. It was a battle of ideology rooted in the founding of the nation, in which states’ rights and the institution of slavery were ...

More Civil War battles were fought in Tennessee than almost any ... which was fought on and around what is now the Knoxville campus. Both Union and Confederate trenches are known to exist on ...

Each proved enjoyable and educational, with the added bonus that the parks were seldom crowded. At one Civil War site in South ... on April 9, 1865, Union General Ulysses S. Grant accepted the ...

Juneteenth has been celebrated since enslaved people in Texas were told about their freedom on June 19, 1865. Here's what you need to know about the holiday. The three-day Civil War battle was a ...