Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of skeletons at Colonial Williamsburg – but the skeletons weren’t from the ...

The story of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, aka Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, one of up to 1,000 women who posed as men to fight in the Civil ...

Born in Maryland to free Black American parents, Benson had emigrated with his family to the West African colony at the age of 6. By the outbreak of the Civil War, in April 1861, he was one of the ...

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

THOSE INCLUDE TWO BUILT BY CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS IN THE 30S AND A GYM BUI A wildfire swept through portions of a Civil War-era fort and historical site in southern New Mexico, forcing the ...

At a Memorial Day ceremony, hundreds of people honored their sacrifices with an outdoor mass and Civil War era music. “I think it’s the best way we can help represent what they did,” said ...

ABDELFATAH: But when the Civil War happened, suddenly the federal government ... and has written extensively about this time in American politics. He says going into the 1880 election, the spoils ...

ABDELFATAH: But when the Civil War happened, suddenly the federal government grew exponentially ... a news site called Stateline and has written extensively about this time in American politics. He ...