Some great TV shows use the American Civil War as a backdrop or as a major narrative pillar. Here are the best ones.

Democratic strategist James Carville yelled down Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg as the two finally went ...

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861.

One of the most defining episodes in US history, the American Civil War, still inspires directors all over. Its stories of ...

Every nation has a story that is retold with the words – it was the darkest time in our history. For the United States, that ...

Even as the Civil War raged on, Union soldiers erected monuments to mark where they fought and where the fallen were buried.

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

Stunt coordinator Cory DeMeyers breaks down the Civil War battle that opened season 4 and explains how it was designed to look like one shot.

When people hear Cinco de Mayo, they picture margaritas and mariachi bands. But for me, a Black gay man, descended from ...

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

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

The director talks about the new Iraq War drama that recreates a Navy SEAL team's firefight in Ramadi in 2006.