As the final months of the American Civil War unfolded, we follow how a long-fractured nation moved from brutal fighting ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - "This is the very first image of the modern-day Santa Claus that we know today," said Jack Stanley, looking at a giant illustration that was drawn during the Civil War by illustrator ...

Do you know why Jackson is the state capital? The city was founded in 1821. Here's this history of how it became the seat of ...

Longfellow's son, Charley, went on to become a world traveler and author after his brief career as a soldier. (NPS) Charles Appleton Longfellow was the oldest child of American poet and writer Henry ...

Carson-Newman professor David Needs will give a presentation on “A Test of Leadership: How Small-Scale Battles Define the Civil War Experience for Those Who Led and Fought” during the January meeting ...

As U.S.-Venezuela tensions rise, sociologist and historian Emmanuel Guerisoli wrote in Spanish in Latinoamerica21 that a civil war is "very likely" if the United States tries to unilaterally oust ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

Though other Civil War battles, including the Second Battle of Bull Run and Stones River, had high casualty counts, the Battle of Antietam stands out. The Civil War battle in September 1862 lasted ...

This story has been corrected. LONDON — Another veteran of the American Civil War who died in obscurity in England is finally receiving recognition of his service thanks to the longtime efforts of a ...

For more than a century, the Ionia County Courthouse has been home to a piece of American Civil War history — a battle flag sewn by local women and carried by men who formed a volunteer Union regiment ...

For decades, the grave of Joseph H. White sat neglected and unmarked in an abandoned Seward cemetery overgrown with trees. But this summer, the burial site of the Civil War veteran who ended up in ...

MONROE, Tenn. (WTVF) — You never know what you'll find going through the family storage. A man in Monroe knows that well. A little sorting led to a discovery connected to US history. This time of year ...