Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

In one of the most infamous campaigns of the American Civil War, Union General William T. Sherman led 62,000 troops on a brutal 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah. His goal: break the Confederacy ...

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.