Ongoing special coverage of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War
More than 8,700 reenactors from across the country will take the field for a re-creation of the Battle of First Manassas.
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Civil War 150
Explore complete Washington Post coverage of the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War.
Bull Run: The first major land battle of the Civil War
Civil War reenactment etiquette: How — and when — to die on the battlefield
Stonewall belt buckle, Mosby shotgun part of Manassas exhibit
Battle of Bull Run provided a surprising start to the bloody Civil War
Bull Run Battlefield gets an app
NVCC to unveil marker that honors Ankers family, Civil War
African American Civil War Museum celebrates reopening in larger location
Gettysburg gets a lock of Lincoln’s Hair
Montgomery Meigs’s vital influence on the Civil War — and Washington
Was Anna Ella Carroll the forgotten heroine of the Civil War?
Anna Carroll was indeed a Civil War heroine
Editor’s Query: Tell us about an ancestor’s role in the Civil War
Date Lab: Can two history buffs connect in the present?
Whatever Happened to ... the statue of Gen. Lee at Antietam
Gene Weingarten: The Civil Bore
Editors’ Picks: Civil War-related events
First Person Singular: ZSun-nee Miller-Matema, slave descendant
Smart’s Mill Middle School students bring history to life
Prince William County offers tour of major Manassas battle
Building where Lincoln conspirators were tried gets a second life
When Fort Sumter was fired on in 1861, modern America was born
The federal occupation of Alexandria in the Civil War changed and spared city
West Virginia: The state that said no
A war of nothing but heroes
Traces of the Confederacy in Washington, not all gone with the wind
In Civil War’s early days, battlefield deaths an abstract notion in North and South
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