The battle was over by 4 p.m. that afternoon, and it is considered one of the last major Civil War battles. In his account of the battle, Averell stated that his intent was to leave Echols ...

The bloodiest battle of the Civil War happened in Pennsylvania. During the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army fought Gen. George G. Meade’s Army of the ...

Often referred to as "the bloodiest single day battle in U.S. history," the Battle of Antietam was also the first major engagement of the Civil War to take place north of the Mason-Dixon.

The deadliest battle of the Civil War took place on this small piece of farmland that has become known simply as Gettysburg. (Still Image: iStock/rewindtime) ...

On this day before our Independence day, The Battle of Gettysburg ended, signaling the end of the Civil War that took over 600,000 lives. The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil ...

The Civil War was the bloodiest and most destructive conflict in American history. From the beginning of the war in April 1861 to the end in April 1865, over 620,000 people were killed, about ...

On Sept. 17, 1862, on a battlefield in western Maryland, nearly 23,000 American men and boys were killed, wounded or went missing at the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in the country's history ...

CROWN POINT | A century and a half ago, Crown Point's Joseph Sprague stood among the mourners as Col. John Wheeler was buried in a city ceremony that attracted more than 1,000 people. On Tuesday ...

The US Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, was a defining moment in this nation’s history settling the question of slavery once and for all. It was by far the bloodiest conflict that the United ...