The former Nigerian president has passed away. A feared military figure and controversial head of state, he left a lasting mark on several generations of Nigerians, beginning in the 1960s. News of ...

During the Civil War, soldiers didn't have the same kind of access to quality rations that troops do today. Back then, they ...

Read the Sullivan Ballou letter and learn more about the background of it. Ironically, Sullivan Ballou's letter was never mailed.

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.