Shipwrecks frequently get lost, but a search for four missing Civil War blockade runners off South Carolina has come to the unusual conclusion that at least three are now buried on land. The fourth ...

In scenes more comfortably watched in a TV drama, the largest-ever British simulation of a disease outbreak took place this autumn, involving every single Whitehall department, as well as the ...

In this episode of Kings and Generals, we shift to the European perspective on the American Civil War and track how leaders ...

Louie Gallo’s work sometimes encircles him much like the Civil War generals he researches tried to do to their enemies more than 150 years ago. “That’s actually what I love about this job: the moments ...

Many of the gravesites that pockmark the north and east of the country are believed to contain the victims of atrocities ...

We were en route to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. We were on a Civil War road trip to visit battlefields and historic sites, ...

SC Congressman Preston Brooks shocked nation when he caned Charles Sumner on the Senate floor. A new biography shows why the ...

Among my growing list of improper uses of the English language is the response I get when telling a restaurant server or ...

Emmett Johnson has burst onto the scene this season, becoming one of the nation’s top running backs. But behind the stats is a story fueled by resilience and two families who never let him quit.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales built his online encyclopedia on a foundation of trust. His new book, “The Seven Rules of Trust ...

The American Revolution filmmaker talks about the hypocrisies of US history and what’s missing from our political lives today ...

Four years of conflict between North and South reshaped the United States forever. In just one minute, this video highlights ...