During the Colonial era, tea was often a staple of polite society. It was served with morning breakfast as well as at ...

I wrote for The Telegraph a column titled “Grand Army of the Republic’s legacy lives on.” It dealt with the Parrott Rifle, sometimes called “the cemetery cannon,” which sits in Alton Cemetery. The ...

There’s something undeniably magical about standing on weathered wooden planks that have witnessed the passage of history, and Pennsylvania’s Sachs Covered Bridge delivers that time-traveling ...

James Thomas Jr. (1806-1882) was a tobacconist, trustee and philanthropist who kept the school afloat financially during the lean, post-Civil War years. Both men enslaved Black people. These dormitory ...

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

Another series of unmarked graves — this one containing 14 individuals from Greece's civil war era — have been dug up in a park in a suburb near the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, local ...

Explore the American Civil War's history, causes like slavery and states' rights, key events including Gettysburg and Antietam, and the war's lasting impact on the United States ...

SEGUIN, Texas — A home built during the Civil War era in Seguin is caving in after it went up in flames during Monday night's hazardous storms.

A wildfire swept through portions of a Civil War-era fort and historical site in southern New Mexico, forcing the evacuations of campgrounds and a horse ranch, authorities said Monday.

While some in modern-day warfare might say a prayer, those embattled in Virginia during the Civil War opted for witch bottles. After learning about the Civil War-era witch bottle discovered near ...