They were designed to halt advancing armies - and they forever changed how battles were fought. In this educational short, History Seekers' Heath Jones teams up with Civil War historian Steve Phillips ...

Near the site of Port Hudson - the longest siege in American military history—we may have uncovered the exact location of a Civil War cavalry officer’s final stand. Using metal detectors, we recover ...

While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union ...