On the moonlit night of June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman and 300 Union soldiers, many of them Black, departed Beaufort, South ...

Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee was the site of a bloody Civil War battle to control the Confederate Railroad ...

When we retreat from reasoned, evidence-based scholarship on important subjects like science or history, the online fever ...

New exhibits Race Street Tower and The Whistle Stop opened at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg.

WEST BRANCH, Iowa — West Branch got to take a step into the history books as they held a tour around local spots from the Civil War. The town represents a significant place for slaves during the 1800s ...

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) The Platte River Bridge Tragedy was a significant event in Missouri during the early Civil War. It was part ...

History came alive Tuesday for visitors to Galveston’s historic 1838 Menard House as living history interpreters regaled ...

MATTOON -- Railroads played a key role in the creation of Mattoon and led to the community hosting a Union infantry recruiting camp during the Civil War, a camp that ...

LAPORTE | Spectators will be able to see a Civil War "skirmish" today and Sunday at the Hesston Steam Museum's annual Civil War Railroad Days event. The event, which runs from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m ...

B&O Railroad Museum. During the Civil War, trains became an integral part of transporting soldiers and materials for both sides. Railways expanded and trains became faster, ...

After the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Tubman volunteered her services to the Union. As a volunteer, she initially joined Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler and his Massachusetts troops, who were ...

Austin tiptoed through the Civil War. The major battlefields lay hundreds of miles away. Much of the Texas capital's business was put on hold. Union and Confederate sympathizers skirmished in the ...