A federal holiday since 1971, the roots of Memorial Day go back over a century prior, to the end of the Civil War.

South Carolina honors Black Civil War hero and statesman Robert Smalls with its first individual African American statue at the Statehouse. Learn about his bold legacy and the powerful symbolism behind the monument.

In the years following the Civil War known as Reconstruction, newly-freed African American men could finally vote, and would be elected to represent Southerners in Congress.

This pound cake is denser than modern versions because it contains no chemical leavener, but it’s not stodgy and is delicious. The nutmeg comes through and you get the flavor of the brandy without it being boozy.

Civil War submarine powered by hand cranks and lit by candlelight. What could possibly go wrong? Meet the HL Hunley.

This is believed to be the only known video clip with sound of Civil War Veterans playing their instruments. It's likely either from the 1929 GAR Encampment in Portland, Maine (Sept. 8-13), or from the 1938 Reunion in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, which had...

Imagine, someone still getting a government pension for Civil War service, more than 150 years after the last shot was fired. You don't have to imagine it, anymore.

Two children of U.S. Civil War veterans reminisce about their fathers' war experience for this Veterans Day, 2014. Ninety-two-year-old Iris Lee Gay Jordan and 93-year-old Fred Upham were born very late in their fathers' lives, but both have vivid memories...

Today on Architectural Digest we visit Baronne Street in New Orleans to tour a civil war era property bursting with potential but in need of renovation. This house is a quintessential example of Italianate architecture deeply associated with New Orleans a...

Black eye peas have been served on New Years in the South for years. This traditional dates all the way back to Civil War times. Black eye peas were considered slave food and animal food; it was on of the few things enslaved people had to eat during the h...

Survival during war is often about more than just time spent on the front lines. During the Civil War, finding sufficient, edible food was challenging on account of a devastated landscape, insufficient labor after farmers went off to fight, as well as blo...

Kyle turns his obsession with coffee towards the civil war era.

Hardtack is a simple type of dense biscuit or cracker made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting. It is used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods, commonly during long sea voyages, land migrations, an...