The Civil War is well known for great battles, famous generals and large casualties. But there was a lesser known side of the ...

In September 1864, Jesse James rode into the small Missouri town of Centralia. There, 16-year-old James took part in one of the worst atrocities of the Civil War.

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

Right after World War II, a crucial alliance between the two countries fell apart. We are still paying the price.

In Legacy of Lies, El Salvador 1981-1984, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg documents how U.S. foreign policy fueled a violent 13-year civil war in El Salvador.

The story of the Civil War often is told in a way that makes the triumph of the North seem inevitable. The North had a mighty industrial base. Grant was a military genius. Sherman was ruthless and ...

As a war expert on a CIA panel, UC San Diego political scientist Barbara Walter helped forecast civil wars in other countries ...

In guerrilla fighting between the larger Union and Confederate forces, irregular forces went on missions of sabotage and assassination.

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

During the American Civil War, or any war for that matter, soldiers could not march and engage an enemy if they were starving. The Federal soldiers lacked sufficient food and drinking water during ...

El Salvador’s civil war stretched from 1980 to 1992, pitting leftist guerrillas against the US-backed Salvadoran army and leaving 75,000 people dead and 8,000 more missing.

Guerrillas from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP) speak with residents of San Agustín, Usulután department, on July 5, 1983. Photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg worked as a Time ...