Beginning on Sept. 19, 1863, at meandering West Chickamauga Creek in north Georgia, there occurred the most sanguinary two-day battle in the western theater of the American Civil War 150 years ago.

The American Civil War was defined not only by its political and moral issues, but by a series of brutal, high-casualty battles. These conflicts altered the nation’s history and landscape. Fought on ...

This 4-hour Civil War epic ditches clichés for historical accuracy, battle strategy, and gripping realism.

On Nov. 25, 1863, 150 years ago, during the American Civil War, Union forces staged a spectacular breakout from besieged Chattanooga, Tenn. Routed Confederate troops retreated 25 miles to Dalton, Ga.

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. Quite a bit, it turns out, particularly regarding the bloodiest battle of the ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious world of the hit TV show Severance? The Battle of Cold Harbor was a ...

The 145th Pennsylvania Regiment, primarily from Erie County, was known as a "tough luck" unit during the Civil War. Terry Rensel, an Erie native, will speak about the regiment's experience at the ...

Strategy is the focus of most of the modern military historians. Their driving assumption is that strategy is the ‘dog’ and tactics is the ‘tail.’ In other words, strategy shapes the course and ...

An annual battle reenactment will take place a the Fort Branch Civil War site in Hamilton next weekend, despite battle scars received from a skirmish with Mother Nature last spring, an organizer told ...