Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

The U.S. Department of Defense’s premier Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command selected a ...

After 1526 the Corps began to do duty at court on foot, carrying a battle-axe, as they still do today. The Gentlemen at Arms last acted as a Royal bodyguard in battle in the Civil War of 1642-9.

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...

On the heels of the 161st anniversary of the day the H.L. Hunley and its crew sank, the North Charleston museum has newly ...

Archaeologists Dig a Civil War-Era 'Witch Bottle' Full of Nails; Likely Used as Talisman to Ward off Evil Spirits Researchers ...

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The little-known Civil War Battle of Greenleaf Prairie took place on June 16, 1863, near present-day Braggs and extended to ...

February 14, 2025 • In this Valentine's Day edition of StoryCorps, hear about Bud and Jackie Jones, career taxidermists who met in the 1950s and owned a taxidermy shop in Tallapoosa, Georgia ...

The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in protest of conditions in highest-security prisons. By Alissa Wilkinson ...

Napa saw the completion of its own Big Dig in 2015. Bulldozers and other heavy equipment descended on downtown along the Napa River in spring 2014. Trucks hauled off about 150,000 cubic feet of dirt.