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"We are lying low, and not a word is spoken above a whisper in our ranks,” recalled a member of the 49th Pennsylvania Infantry. “We see the duty we...

With more than 150,000 troops engaged and some 30,000 casualties inflicted during almost two weeks of combat, the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House...

This page describes the morning of June 1, 1864, during the Battle of Cold Harbor.

In May 1989, the fledgling Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites (APCWS) scored its second-ever save when it formally took title to 1.5...

This article discusses the actions of Francis Barlow's Union division at Cold Harbor.

Union and Confederate soldiers had endured years of privations and pitched battles, yet nothing had prepared them for the fighting in the Mule Shoe...

Our Lady of Sorrows has contributed to battlefield preservation more than any school in the country, read their story.

Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick was one of the most experienced and competent officers in the Army of the Potomac. He was also greatly respected and beloved...

This page describes the last major combat fought at Spotsylvania Court House on May 19, 1864.

"The Fall of the Rebel Cavalier" is the Civil War Trust's history article about the death of JEB Stuart at Yellow Tavern. It is written by Elisa de...

Union and Confederate troops vie for control of Todd's Tavern and the Brock Road.