The Civil War was entering its fifth year. Nothing in America’s experience in the past or since had been so brutal or costly. The toll on the nation had been enormous, and few had escaped its ...

With so many sites to see, summer is a great time to “be a tourist in your own hometown”– and Savannah’s Green-Meldrim House ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...

It also served as a headquarters for Union soldiers during the Civil War and became a field hospital. Lee and Brittani Lusk bought the house for $1.

Fifteen-year-old Private James Byrne was killed during the first week of the Civil War when he was struck by a sniper's bullet while leaving Sligo Gaol, the National Army Headquarters.