Us Civil War

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

One of the oldest of its kind.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.