Nation marks anniversary of start of Civil War. April 12, 2011 -- Walt Whitman, one of America's most revered authors and poets, is best known for his "Leaves of Grass" collection but the National ...

An enormous cache of recently discovered Civil War letters and other 19th century documents has been donated to Virginia Tech by a descendant of a Confederate general who later played a key role in ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, and events will commemorate that milestone here in Missouri and around the country. Our state was deeply divided during the Civil War, and the ...

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in 2011, the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) has put together a historical collection of maps and documents prepared by the ...

For years, Kent Seabury Rowe of Henrico County has preserved the Civil War-era documents of her ancestors in an acid-free box. Soon, images of her documents will be preserved in cyberspace. Rowe's ...