(WDBJ) - On this day in 1861, Union and Confederate troops clashed outside of Manassas, Virginia in the first major engagement of the Civil War. It began when Union General Irvin McDowell hoped to ...

From Manassas to Appomattox, Peter Huntoon connects pivotal Civil War battles through rare National Bank notes issued in the towns where history was made.

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Includes also description of the Panorama of the Battle of Bull Run by Theophile Poilpot.

Part 2 dives into the opening battles of 1861 — when America moved from political conflict to bloody war. From Fort Sumter to ...

The US state of Virginia saw some 50% of the nation's Civil War casualties. Now, mass construction of AI data centres is encroaching on historic lands, the environment and local communities. As the ...

The Civil War helped define America and names like Gettysburg, Antietam, Lincoln, Robert E Lee, and Ulysses S Grant are ...