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

Explore the legacy of Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan, from leading the Lexington Rifles to his ill-fated raid and ultimate death in the Civil War.

Agents arrested 36 people at the site and processed them for removal proceedings, according to a release from Homeland Security. Tuesday’s operation “sends a strong message to those who ...

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Morgan's 1,000-mile raid into Indiana and Ohio was a costly mistake for the Confederate Army. His history in Lexington included raising up the Lexington Rifles.

'Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls' is a recently released graphic novel that tells the story of an escaped slave who secured his freedom during the Civil War by commandeering a Confederate ship ...

Construction of Gulf Shores High School resumes after federal agents arrested undocumented workers. Mayor Robert Craft assures project is on track.

The “Alabama” class, also, are readily distinguished from otheK battleships of the navy, by the fact that the boilers are placed fore and aft, and the two elliptical smokestacks are placed ...

Introduction : Civil War irregular warfare in theory and practice -- The Confederacy's self-inflicted wound : the guerilla war in Arkansas, 1862-1865 -- Fire, provosts, and Tories : the federal ...