Members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War arrived Saturday at Pioneer Cemetery on a muggy morning that had yet to hit the sweltering high temperatures of the later day and got to work. In ...

Paulette Jiles achieved widespread recognition with her 2016 novel News of the World that was adapted into a feature film ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

The Friends of the Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign wasted no time beginning work to restore a “historic” ...

This video delves into the pivotal strategies and campaigns of 1864 that led to the Union's decisive advantage in the ...

In the aftermath of two tragic wars perpetrated and rationalized on the socially constructed notion of “race” and racial ...

The Civil War is well known for great battles, famous generals and large casualties. But there was a lesser known side of the ...

The monument was made possible through the financial support and advice provided by Battle of Carthage, Inc; the K.D. and M.L. Steadley Memorial Trust; the Robert S. Thurman American Legion, Post 13; ...

On the steps of the SC Statehouse sits a statue of George Washington, with a broken walking stick. How it broke, however, is ...

New Jersey (and Rahway!) has a rich Revolutionary War history, with many physical locations to be explored. You just need to know where to look.

This series of articles examines why today’s nuclear landscape is more complicated and, in many ways, more precarious than during the Cold War.

When County, Illinois, was established formally by law in 1831, the United States was developing a spirit of vigorous expansion. It was the era of the “Common Man,” the time of Jacksonian Democracy.