But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when ...

About 5:30 that morning, the first shell ... Bull Run—or Manassas, as Southerners call it, preferring to name Civil War battles for towns instead of watercourses—was a fierce battle, but ...

“Historical landmarks were our pins in the map.” Between scheduled stops ... Knowles says her work has been well received by Civil War scholars. But that’s partly because military historians ...

160 years ago this area was the site of the last major battle of the Civil War where the confederates ... Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. For more information, give the site ...

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

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

At the height of the battle and with control of the hill in hand, Lee commented to Longstreet … “It is well war is so terrible, we would grow too fond of it.” Not long after, a Confederate ...

From the bravery of the Massachusetts Minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere to the very first battle of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts was a host for several key happenings during ...

With Saturday’s anniversary, the United States is looking back to its war of independence and asking where its legacy stands ...

Lexington and Concord was the first of several battles fought in Massachusetts. One of the nine on our list included Martha's Vineyard.

American Revolution rang out in the Battle of Lexington and Concord, signaling a major milestone toward American independe ...