Henry Wirz remains one of the most controversial figures of the Civil War. As commandant of Andersonville Prison, he oversaw ...

Considering how much its events still scar America, that’s especially true of the American Civil War. So ... find and depicts fictionalized Union prisoners of war at Camp Sumter in Andersonville, ...

Americus, Georgia is a charming small town that perfectly blends history and art. Find out all the best things to do in ...

The Ashland County Historical Society (ACHS) is excited to welcome Jacob Thomas as the next speaker in the 2025 series. On ...

Most of the passengers were Union soldiers returning from the Civil War or from Confederate prison ... the ship were survivors of the notorious Confederate prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia. The ...

ANDERSONVILLE, Ga. (WALB) - Andersonville National Cemetery will be offering evening cemetery tours starting this week. Starting April 12, evening cemetery tours will be offered every second Saturday ...

An example of such a post (archived) on social media was shared to X on Feb. 26, 2025, and read, in part: The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp.

Charles H. Walker's family is committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through ...

For two years now, Sudan has been wracked by a civil war between ... are fleeing not only war, but hunger as well. Last year, famine was officially declared in a refugee camp in North Darfur.

Transparency International is deeply concerned that new measures recently announced by Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party pose a direct threat to Georgian civil society’s ability to operate ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...