During the re-enactment, which was organised by the English Civil War Society, in association with Chippenham Town Council, soldiers fired muskets.

Christopher Bibb, formerly Captain in the Coldstream Guards and a Vice President of the Shropshire Branch of the Coldstream ...

Civil War between the Royalist army of Charles I and Parliamentary forces broke out in August 1642. Exeter tried to stay neutral but by November had declared itself for Parliament.

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

An eyewitness account has thrown light on an English Civil War battle that took place near The Forbidden Lands in Sussex.

The battle of Naseby was fought on the foggy morning of 14th June 1645 and is considered one of the most important battles in the English Civil War. After almost three years of fighting, the 14,000 ...

The rise – and loss – of a village called Snap was the most recent talk enjoyed by Hungerford Historical Association.

IrishCentral Contributor Joseph Connell explores how Ireland's Civil War ignited with the shelling of Ireland's most ...

Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished himself as a commander.

Civil War remains found at Colonial Williamsburg, archaeologists say Virginia archaeologists recently came across four skeletons dating back to the Battle of Williamsburg, which was fought in 1862.

Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved ...