Francis Richard Lubbock was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, in 1815 to Dr. Henry and Ann Lubbock. While still an infant, ...

Article I of the U.S. Constitution declares that “the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.” ...

The proposed memorial highway would run through tribal lands in Leelanau County, where descendants of Company K soldiers ...

As soon as Confederate guns fired on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 ...

A dangerous consequence of not knowing our history is not knowing our truth. Many Americans are taught that the Emancipation ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

We were happy to get them reinterred quickly, quietly and respectfully,” said Jack Gary, director of archaeology for The ...

On September 17, 1862, over 23,000 soldiers fell in a single day near the small town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. The battle ...

The Union soldiers were driving 900 head of cattle towards Louisville when they were surprised by a Confederate attack where ...

Around 4:00 p.m., Union positions north and west of Gettysburg broke. Federal troops retreated through town to Cemetery Hill and Culp’s Hill, forming a fishhook-shaped line along Cemetery Ridge.

Two reenactors unveil a veteran's headstone for Civil War solider Lt. John T. McMahan, who was killed during the Battle of ...