Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that's supposed to be about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it's come to ...

What led the United States into civil war in 1861? In this premiere episode of Kings and Generals’ American Civil War series, we examine the legal, economic, and moral roots of the conflict. Focusing ...

While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union ...

The US secretary of state calls for Syria's transitional authorities to be supported to prevent their "potential collapse".

A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War ...

According to the Farmers' Almanac, Memorial Day was created to honor the many American men and women who died in military ...

The top US diplomat made the case for sanctions relief and renewed engagement with the transitional government in Damascus to ...

What did the Civil War do to railroading? The changes were rapid, profound, lasting, and formed the real basis of truly ...

Two Civil War veterans who lived in northern michigan -- were honored this afternoon -- more than 100 years after t ...

California was never a hotbed of Civil War action, but the Golden State — and the Bay Area in particular — played a major role. The riches of the Gold Rush didn’t just line the pockets of ...