The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

The Battle of Round Mountain has divided historians for years. Who won the Civil War battle isn’t debatable, but where it ...

Explore Harriet Tubman's legacy as a freedom fighter. Discover her role in the Underground Railroad and beyond.

Also inscribed on the blade are “1861-1865,” marking the span of the Civil War, and “General Grant,” in tribute to Ulysses S. Grant, who was a leading Union general and the 18th president of the ...

February 12 marks the birth of one of the greatest leaders of the United States of America. On February 12, 1809 one person ...

Americans celebrating Irish heritage on St. Patrick’s Day can do so by toasting the legendary 69th Infantry Regiment. “The ...

On July 4, 1906, 15 years after his death, a massive statue of Devens, in Union uniform and astride a horse, was unveiled ...

When civil war erupted in ... “This region cannot take another war,” says Nicholas Haysom, head of the UN mission in South Sudan. Sadly, that does not mean it won’t get one.

The "long, lanky" man carrying the American flag on Decoration Day in May 1909 was a familiar sight at patriotic events in ...