(Clarkesville)-That explosive Civil War-era cannonball that authorities safely detonated Tuesday in Habersham County was in ...

Archaeologists have possibly identified two mass graves of Black Union soldiers in Kentucky. The discovery will help them ...

Beginning with George Washington, who took the oath of office for the first time in 1789, a total of 45 men have held the title of president of the United ...

The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.

Proud of her Southern roots and fervently pro-slavery, Rose O'Neal Greenhow wanted to support the Confederacy in any way she ...

Ladies welcome to the P Museum tea. Thank you for coming,” said Susan Uptain, Portrville Historical Museum Treasurer.

Unpacking the logic of from's National Garden of American Heroes honoring figures from Christopher Columbus to Whitney ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

Opinion: Columbia Law professor James Liebman and student Bennett Lunn say America's tradition of nonsectarian public schools ...

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Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...

Confederate symbols, and their continued valorization, rob us of an opportunity to understand our own rich “people’s heritage ...