Civil War rifles were accurate for hundreds of yards, with some being deadly at up to 1,000 yards. ( These are the 14 guns that helped fight the Revolutionary War .) ...

After the Civil War, veteran groups from the North and South coexisted in Fort Worth ... The Civil War was different from all other U.S. wars in that when Johnny came marching ...

Indeed, the South merely needed to convince the North to quit the war, a decision largely made by the civilian population and one the Confederates came close to pulling off more than once, he said.