A Juneteenth celebration on Detroit's east side shows the important role Camp Ward played during and after the Civil War.

James Lutzweiler of Jamestown, N.C., has written two new self-published books about South Carolina and the primary cause of ...

Some of the colorful cords that adorn the hundreds of Spokane Public Schools’ graduates this year represent their involvement in one of the school district’s 1,024 unique activities.

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There are quite a few Civil War-related movies that aim to be realistic, including Gettysburg, Fort Apache, and The Outlaw ...

Trace the real causes of the American Civil War in this first part of a detailed historical series, covering the key events ...

Leaders in the LGBTQ+ community and the family of Long Island native and gay rights activist Harvey Milk this week denounced a Pentagon review that could strip his name from a U.S. Navy ship.

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened to sap the fighting strength of the Northern army: coffee. This critical source of energy ...

President Donald Trump said it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia “fight for a while” before pulling them apart and ...

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

On a hot summer’s day in 1936, a military coup trying to overthrow the government escalated into one of the most important historical events leading to the rise of fascism in Europe: The Spanish Civil ...