The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

Thousands of newly freed slaves followed the Union Army’s “March to the Sea” in the hopes of protection as they left bondage ...

Somewhere Toward Freedom” tells the story of Sherman’s March to the Sea from the perspective of the formerly enslaved.

Bennett Parten, a Royston native and assistant professor of history at Georgia Southern University, has done the research and concluded that Georgia was the site of the biggest liberation event in ...

People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

On Jan. 21, the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, Henry Casey Camp 92 Commander Kelly Hopkins donated on behalf of ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

The century-old Civil War monument ... Kincannon explained the monument, known locally as “General Sherman” for its association with famed Union Commanding General William Tecumseh Sherman ...

Instead, Lee commanded the Virginia state forces and became a general ... Union Gen. William Sherman in Bennett Place, North Carolina, which many in the Confederacy felt marked the end of the ...