Rankin County residents packed Brandon City Hall to discuss whether a Confederate statue belongs in the Mississippi town’s center where a bulk of local traffic flows.

But for reasons unknown, up to 7 feet of riverbed has been scoured away, excavating parts of the 130-foot-long ship not seen ...

Soon thereafter I started getting inquiries about the return of Fort Rucker. It was originally named for Col. Edmund Rucker, ...

It embraces the reports of the Secretary of War, of the general-in-chief and of the chiefs of the several staff corps and departments ... 1899-1900. 5 v. --ser. IV. v. 1-3 [serial no. 127-129] ...

Whether it's viewed as a symbol of a proud past, a symbol of slavery and the Old South, a symbol of service and the honored dead, or a pillar of a beautiful city, people have thoughts about the ...

Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...

Lighthouses have been fixtures along the SC coast for 2 centuries. Less than a dozen remain. Restoration is underway on the Hunting Island Lighthouse.

Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871) was born in Cumberland County but later made Lehigh County and Allentown his home. He served ...

There might not be a lot of mystery surrounding how the Civil War turned out when it ended in April 1865. In the simplest of oversimplified nutshells: * The Union defeated the Confederacy. * The ...