The naval theater of the American Civil War was filled with innovation and strategic importance. From the Union’s Anaconda ...

When the Civil War began in 1861, Starr King helped California raise $1.2 million, more than any state in the union, for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a precursor to the American Red Cross ...

When it comes to the American Civil War, we think we know what happened and why... but do we? Even 160 years later, there are things about the conflict that make no sense, at least in retrospect.

After peaceful attempts at alliance-building stalled, the Continental Army launched an ill-fated invasion of Quebec in June 1775 ...

It was during ... of the Civil War. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was just one group who worked on researching the 15 unmarked graves. Some others include the Sons of the American ...

He was one of the few commissioned Black officers in the Civil War. “The lack of popular knowledge about Garland White is pretty representative about how Black men’s service during the Civil ...

U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk in a highly rare move ...

Brian Maloney remembers taking family road trips to Gettysburg and Fort Sumter and other historical sites, but never realized his distant hometown of Arlington Heights could have anything to do with ...

In July 1865, when Alexander died, the Civil War had only just ended. During a period known as Reconstruction ... Boarding houses were common in 19th century America. In some cities, as much ...

By the time of his death from cancer in 1974, Husseini had passed the baton. Arafat was the future of the Palestinian ...

The Trump administration has drawn the ire of Harvey Fierstein and others for trying to rename a ship dedicated to Harvey ...

One of the ways that African Americans first begin to get access to education is in schools created by the army during the Civil War. Black soldiers ... marked you as an American citizen; and ...