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

The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...

On this ground, hundreds of U.S. soldiers died in a defeat so stinging that it spawned a vengeful American battle cry ... at the River Raisin Battlefield. The Civil War’s superior firepower ...

Lane Nichols takes a luxury cruise down the mighty Mississippi River and falls in love ... the scene of one of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles. We board a coach and head to the Vicksburg ...

Along the way, jubilant well-wishers slowed his train and he crossed the James River into Richmond far ... preferring to name Civil War battles for towns instead of watercourses—was a fierce ...

Tennessee’s story is built on moments that shaped the course of American history. It was the last state to secede and the ...

By Andy Furman NKyTribune reporter It was billed as a lesson in our history – Northern Kentucky, to be exact. And the ...

Two days after the Lager Beer Riot, on April 23, 1885, Chicago citizens convened at South Market Hall for a public meeting on ...

To celebrate the beginning of our 20th year, we’ve set out to catalogue the contributions that Pittsburgh and western ...

It will take days for major floodwaters to work their way south through the Mississippi. Flooding will persist through April.

You can get in touch with Anna by emailing [email protected]. Languages: English. The Mississippi River is a critical transportation route for agricultural and industrial goods, and high ...