A rising wave of racist violence in the South prompted President Ulysses S. Grant to legal and military action against the Ku ...

This video offers a historic walkthrough of Ulysses S. Grant’s residence in Galena, IL, where he lived after the Civil War.

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

On July 4, 1863, after 47 days of battle, Lt. General John Pemberton’s Confederate troops surrendered to General Ulysses S.

Rivalries are the lifeblood of college football. But their history is often inextricably intertwined with the history of our ...

An airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar's central Sagaing region has killed at least 23 people who were taking ...

A free two-day event commemorating 250 years of American history will be held at Valley View Park this weekend, featuring ...

Americans, on July 4th, celebrate the nation’s birthday, when the Continental Congress officially declared that the United States was no longer a British colony, but an independent country. It gained ...

At West Point, Rufus Ingalls was Ulysses S. Grant’s first roommate, and he roomed with Grant again at Camp Vancouver in 1852.

The Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, Sarna has been a force in his ...