Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...

In our latest video we are detecting a known Civil War camp that was used mostly by both confederate forces and also at other ...

The Cape Fear's most famous Civil War battle took place at Fort Fisher in January of 1865. But another important battle was fought miles away on the grounds of the present Day Cameron Art Museum.

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

Dave Drake, a 19th-century Edgefield County resident whose pottery is now on display in museums and private collections ...

The New York Times rated Chattanooga as one of the top "52 Places to Go" in the world. Outside Magazine titled it "Best Town ...

"By finding these names, we are releasing them to give back these enslaved people some of their dignity," said Sarah Bader-King, executive director of the John Wornall House Museum.

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Two years later, with the Civil War at an end and slavery ... and the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture When Confederate forces approached Caledonia in the ...

One of the 10 greatest trees in the world is still holding strong — and with a remarkable tale of strength to pair with it.