Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

With Louisiana’s militias off fighting in Virginia and Tennessee, the job of defending the Crescent City fell to two forts ...

PIONEER WOOLEN MILL OPERATOR IN COUNTY ———— Established Wollen Mill First In Renville County. ———— With the death of Bernhard Marschner which occurred at the Union Hospital Monday afternoon at 3 ...

Experience a unique journey into America’s past at the Civil War Days display on April 26, by the Brevard Veteran's Memorial Center.

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

Originally known as Decoration Day, it began as a way to honor Civil War soldiers. For many, Memorial Day means a cookout, a ...

If the justices take up a case on Virginia’s felon disenfranchisement law, they’ll be burrowing back to Reconstruction-era ...

1868 to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former Union sailors and soldiers." ...

The emergence of the photographs comes at a delicate time for Jefferson Griffin, a Republican appellate judge who is seeking a spot on North Carolina’s highest court.

Officially there is Ghanaian statutory law that prohibits civilians and foreign nationals from wearing military apparel such ...

The Farragut Museum is back open after an 18-month closure, offering visitors a look back on the area’s original settlement and the town’s historic namesake.