The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this ...

President Trump visited three inaugural balls around Washington, D.C., on Monday night, after a jam-packed first half-day in ...

Military Road in Worcester, off Salisbury Street, not far from Park Avenue, takes its name from the school created by ...

American Civil War quickly showed both sides the costs of war. Each year proved a drain as the human toll became apparent.

The Battle of Gettysburg, too, was explicitly a family affair. Many families sent soldiers who fought on opposite sides, ...

Mississippi officially commemorates both Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. It's beyond time the state stops ...

PETER LAZENBY reports on how trade unionists in Manchester are to celebrate the role of the city’s cotton industry workers in ...

Adding to the tug-of-war is the mystery ... for the Union in the Civil War. He was mustered into the 87th New York Infantry in November of 1861, was wounded in the bloody Battle of Antietam ...

An old cemetery in Hazlet contains the graves of several war veterans, but their locations are unclear. A construction project has people worried.

The President of the United States serves as the Commander in Chief of the nation’s armed forces. While not in the chain of command, the Vice President is next in line to take command. Although these ...