See the actual battlefields as they were and as they are today. No battlefields have greater appeal than the meticulously preserved meadows and forests where four heroic encounters of the Civil War were decided. Relive the story behind each conflict as thousands reenact the battles.

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Using historically-accurate, battle-filled re-enactments and interviews with expert historians and n...

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On April 12th, 1864, at an insignificant little fort, several hundred black Union soldiers fought a ...

An examination of how President Abraham Lincoln used contemporary telecommunications to his maximum ...

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Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civ...