Names such as Patrick Murphy and John C. Cox are found in histories of Jasper County and Joplin, but another early settler ...

Robert Smalls was a historic South Carolina lawmaker who escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship.

While metal detecting for Civil War relics, the History Seekers uncovered a true rarity—a Confederate coal torpedo, used in ...

Henry Wirz, the commander of the infamous Andersonville prison, became the only Confederate officer executed for war crimes after the American Civil War.

There are a lot of ways that filmmakers and storytellers have reworked real history with an alternate version of that history over the years. Often it's a re-imagining of major events like wars, but ...

KALB takes you back to the Civil War to remember one of the most famous United States military leaders in history.

Before he was a South Carolina lawmaker recognized as a champion of civil rights, Robert Smalls escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship. Eventually, he would become a top ...

Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and South Carolina lawmaker.