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

Two-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, British troops faced off against colonial militias in the Massachusetts ...

The Museum of the American Revolution shows how the shifting ideals of American liberty can be traced in the historic flags ...

Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...

Charles H. Walker's family is committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through ...

NATO member Denmark has announced it will send soldiers to Ukraine. Despite the nonviolent nature of their deployment, Russia ...

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

Stunt coordinator Cory DeMeyers breaks down the Civil War battle that opened season 4 and explains how it was designed to ...

The doughboys hated British chow (not to mention drinking tea instead of coffee). They got along better with the Australians, ...

The irony of the moment does not escape Revolutionary War reenactor Justin Murray, a 33-year-old eighth grade civics teacher at Clinton Middle School. It was the imposition of tariffs and restriction ...

After four years of death and disruption in the Civil War, one might think that everyone ... Democrats sparred with one another. Men in uniform died even after the Confederate surrender. Soldiers ...

A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house ...