When Americans disagreed on the power of individual states to control their respective governments and institutions, they fought a war, between themselves, during 1861 to 1865. Other countries have also fought "civil wars." These stories focus on those people, places and events.
The U.S. National Park Service has produced a video tour of the Andersonville Prison.
It was damp and foggy in Maryland on the morning of September 17, 1862.
What caused the conflict, known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn (or the Battle of the Greasy Grass), led by LTC George Custer and Crazy Horse?
THIS CLIP CONTAINS RECREATED SCENES OF WAR FROM THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
General Robert E. Lee had a serious problem.
NOTE: THIS VIDEO CLIP RECREATES SCENES FROM THE CIVIL-WAR BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
George Armstrong Custer had absolutely no idea how many Native Americans were actually gathered immediately before the Battle at Little Bighorn.
With the cartridge-casing information in hand, experts were able to place the location of the men, and their weapons, as the Battle of the Little Bigh...
Despite their training, men fighting under extreme pressure tend to group together.
NOTE: THIS VIDEO CLIP DEPICTS RECREATIONS OF A VICIOUS CIVIL-WAR BATTLE IN WHICH MANY UNION AND CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS DIED OR WERE GRAVELY WOUNDED.
The effects of Sherman's "March to the Sea," and the deadly burning of Atlanta, are graphically recreated in this clip from "Gone with the Wind.
During the course of his court martial, as reflected in this clip, Captain Henry Wirz - a Confederate officer - testified that he could not disobey th...
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