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

The Civil War was all that—and it was the first modern war, featuring ironclad ships, submarines, trains, ... For sure, guerrilla warfare was as old as the country.

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.

On Jan. 25, 1865, a company of Black Union soldiers was ambushed by Confederate guerrillas in Simpsonville, Kentucky. Kentucky was technically neutral during the Civil War, but it was also home to ...

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 ...

The Civil War lingers through sweeping, cinematic episodes—Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Antietam and Atlanta, secession and emancipation—that accent the greatest convulsion in U.S. history.

On Jan. 25, 1865, a company of Black Union soldiers was ambushed by Confederate guerrillas in Simpsonville, Kentucky. Kentucky was technically neutral during the Civil War, but it was also home to ...

The political violence in Alex Garland’s dystopian thriller is chaotic and random — which is exactly what makes it so scary. The real Civil War was a lot like that, too.

The most bitter episodes of the Irish Civil War occurred during its guerrilla phase, a nine-month period that ended with the Free State's victory and the IRA's unilateral ceasefire in May 1923.

Guerrillas from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo ... From 1980 to 1992, El Salvador’s civil war resulted in the deaths of as many as 75,000 civilians and other atrocities.