Fort Johnson, which was named after Albany war hero and World War I Sgt. Henry Johnson, is being renamed to Fort Polk. The Army made that announcement Tuesday along with a slew of other name changes ...

The Vicksburg National Military Park today stretches over 1800 acres worth of ravines, woods, and fields. The Vicksburg ...

In the early 1870s, an unprecedented international tribunal deliberated the Alabama claims, which accused the British of enabling Confederate ships in violation of their neutrality agreement.

This controversial April holiday is recognized in Alabama as a state holiday. What is it and when is it celebrated?

“Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White” tells the tale of a free Black man captured during one of the Alabama’s many raids and forced into serving the racist, self ...

Sillen’s book reexamines what happened to White aboard the Confederate ship Alabama in the interim. Holiday Season Rec: The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson Why: “A granular history of the period ...

During that month, he volunteered for the raid into Confederate territory to disrupt rail transport in Georgia. He was captured, but managed to escape from the Confederate prison on Oct. 16, 1862, ...

On Dec. 7, 1861, the Alabama legislature pushed through legislation authorizing "An Act to Encourage the Manufacture of Fire Arms and Munitions of War in this State." The bill earmarked $250,000 ...

In 1863, the citizenry of York become fearful about the possibility of a raid on the town by a Confederate rebel ship.

During the Civil War, many American cities and towns were intentionally destroyed as part of military strategy. Burning enemy cities served to disrupt supply lines and lower civilian morale ...

The story of the Confederate privateer ship CSS Alabama and its captain, Raphael Semmes.