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 ...

By guerrilla war the writer understands everything that is not regular, and regularly recognized war. Civil and religious wars, which may likewise be called revolutionary, have the additional ...

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 ...

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.