Half a century before she founded the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had her ... The week after the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Barton began nursing Union soldiers at an improvised ...

From the last two-story outhouse in the U.S. to an actual fork in the road, here are New York's top roadside attractions — ...

Elmira was the site of a notorious Civil War prison camp known as Hellmira ... but it was here that Clara Barton established the organization’s first chapter in 1881. Barton, who lived in ...

Florida was the third state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. Around 15,000 Floridians fought in the Civil War, representing the highest percentage of any Confederate state.

When Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took over most of the country’s capital Khartoum in the early days of the war, the youth-led civil society initiative Hadhreen kept its ...

Harvard is the first major college to stand up to Trump’s demands, triggering a war between two traditional pillars of society, the White House and America’s oldest university. The Ivy League ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...

An enormous cache of recently discovered Civil War letters and other 19th century ... “This is really an important collection for Virginia Tech,” said Aaron Purcell, director of Special ...

Two years into Sudan’s civil war, civilians in Darfur are under siege as peace talks stall and violence escalates. Two years into Sudan’s civil war, civilians in Darfur are under siege as ...

Fifty years ago, Lebanon descended into one of the darkest periods in its modern history: the civil war. The brutal 15-year conflict was marked by sectarian violence and shifting front lines.

Stunt coordinator Cory DeMeyers breaks down the elaborate Civil War battle — which all takes place in one unbroken shot — that opened this season of "The Righteous Gemstones." The Season 4 ...