He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

How could Americans be such nice and decent people and support someone so debasing, so deranged, so hate-filled? It was the ...

The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...

"May 20th, 1861" was the date that North Carolina decided to join the Confederacy and secede from the Union. The first NC state flag was used throughout the Civil War. When the Confederacy lost ...

For decades, the cremated remains on more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities ...

The Cattaraugus County Museum and Research Library in Machias announces the release of “The Journey of the 37th New York ...

A Republican presidential candidate endangering democracy, threatening the Constitution and such a menace to America he could foment a civil war?

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Janet Berry-Johnson is a CPA with 10 ...

On the National Registry of Historic Places, the relic was part of the Confederate attempt to defend the city.

On Tuesday, Nov.12, Lafayette Parish School history teacher Jason Muller will unveil a new historical marker commemorating a ...

On the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, we present this commemorative issue featuring Atlantic stories by Mark Twain, ...