T here is no shortage of books on the period surrounding America’s civil war. Canonical classics include “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, ...

Grant resided in the Driftless Area of northwest Illinois from spring 1860, following his first stint in the U.S. Army, until ...

The American Civil War Museum in Richmond is hosting a weekend full of Civil War history activities, including a symposium, battlefield tours and a tour of the museum's collection.

The Mexican-American War, fought to preserve slavery, helped bring on its destruction in the Civil War and imposed a border ...

I will never abandon you,” he told residents of Srebrenica amid sectarian armed conflict in Bosnia. The town later suffered ...

Restoring Hampton University’s land-grant status would enable the school to access federal funding and state matching grants.

Storybook streets, hilltop views, and living history fill this charming Illinois town. Discover scenic overlooks, grand homes ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Anne E. Marshall, Mississippi State Department of History professor and executive director of the Ulysses S ...

For all its faults, this country’s troubles still demand seriousness and restraint, not reckless talk of collapse.

The article, “Piney Branch Church,” recounted the history of a small Episcopal-turned-Baptist congregation in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, that suddenly found itself embroiled in the Civil War ...

"I have lost this battle because my force was too small. The Government must not & cannot hold me responsible for the result ...

Hawaiʻi has long championed innovation and the arts, from ʻIolani Palace’s early adoption of electricity to the 1967 Art in ...