Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

Black Union soldiers who were part of the United States Colored Cavalry were driving a herd of cattle near Simpsonville, ...

The American Civil War wasn't just a battle between states—it was a showcase of incredible military talent. From 1861 to 1865 ...

Live Science reports that archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a forgotten and grim event of the Civil War. On ...

There the 16-year-old James took part in one of the worst atrocities of the Civil War. The Confederate guerrillas executed 22 Union soldiers in what a witness called a "carnival of blood," then ...

On Jan. 25, 1865, a company of Black Union soldiers was ambushed by Confederate guerrillas in Simpsonville, Kentucky. Kentucky was technically neutral during the Civil War, but it was also home to ...

BLUNT telegraphs from Leavenworth as follows: Major RANSON, of the Sixth Kansas, informs me that he has destroyed HICKS' band of guerrillas in Jackson County, Mo., killing seventeen and hanging ...

A sociopath who lived for spilling blood, William Anderson was one of the most fearsome leaders of Confederate guerrillas in Civil War Missouri. Jesse James joined Anderson's group in 1864 and ...

At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow to ... being held prisoner by Quantrill’s Raiders, a band of Rebel guerrillas. Two other specials, C. E. F. Hillen and Theodore ...