The unleashing of hell in Alexandria was the Union Army's final act in central Louisiana. "Hell" was the soldiers' words, and ...

The first military commander to oversee the occupation of New Orleans after the Civil War wasn't all good or all bad. But ...

There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...

And if found to be contraband, they were declared free. As the northern army pushed southward, thousands of fugitives fled across Union lines. Neither the federal authorities nor the army were ...

Employees say the company “mobilized an army” ahead of the election, siccing local police on organizers and trying to pit ...

During the three days of July 1-3, 1863, the country held its collective breath, as the Confederate Army of North Virginia, commanded by Robert E. Lee, and the Union Army of the Potomac under ...

Lee assumed command on June 1, 1862, in a battle to defend the city of Richmond from Union forces. Before taking command of the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee had had limited success, suffering a ...