Civil War veterans from Edwardsville Post 461 gathered for a historic 1912 portrait on the library steps.

University of Richmond history professor Eric Yellin talked about the spoils system that existed before the formation of the modern day civil service. This discussion was part of the American ...

In a freestyle match, the bishops, knights, rooks, queen and king are randomly placed around the board at the start while the pawns are in their usual spots. Freestyle chess is popular because it ...

Srinanda Chakraborty, 75, still remembers how everyone would hunker down at her Kolkata home when the World War II-era air raid sirens went off ... officials of the civil defence department, which is ...

War is boring as hell in “The Damned,” an austere western drama set far from the battlefields on the 1862 frontier. It seeks not to tell a story but to capture a set of feelings. None of them ...

After years of gradual progress toward stability, a succession battle is pushing the country to the precipice of another full-blown civil war. By Abdi Latif Dahir Reporting from Nairobi ...

Ethiopia is in the grip of a civil war between federal government forces and the Fano, a loose alliance of ethnic-based militia in the Amhara region. This conflict in Ethiopia’s north erupted less ...

Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and Allen Moore discuss the making of The Civil War. Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and Allen Moore discuss the making of The Civil War. The Civil War is ...

Acclaimed Civil War reenactor and historian Curt Fields, Ph.D., will present “This Cruel War is Over: What Now?” at a special meeting of the Civil War Round Table at 7 p.m. Thursday ...

The planned move, in states like Texas and North Carolina, could spark a MAGA civil war—but the president’s most fervent acolytes see it as a necessary risk, despite the chance of far-right ...