Edward Otho C. Ord was a major general in the Union army during the Civil War and commanded the Department of Arkansas and the Fourth Military District during Reconstruction.

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Along with Yiyun Li, Ha Jin and Gao Xingjian, Ms Guo is part of a cohort of celebrated writers of the Chinese diaspora who ...

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White - Author, A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House Before dawn on May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls stealthily took command of a Confederate steamer ...

Henry Clark was in the thick of things, fending off Federal troops in the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, when the Confederate private ... to the surprise of many Civil War buffs even today, Clark ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The city of St. Louis and the leader of its city council filed a federal lawsuit Monday against a new Missouri law putting a state-appointed board back in control of the local police ...

In 1607, 104 English settlers picked the worst possible spot to build America’s first permanent colony. The 104 original ...

The state bought the land from local farmers, drew up an impressive grid of streets, and started selling lots. By 1820, Cahawba was Alabama’s first permanent capital city, with lawmakers meeting in a ...

It seems as if Tammany Hall, the most well-known example of a “political machine,” has faded into the void at the center of ...

This controversial April holiday is recognized in Alabama as a state holiday. What is it and when is it celebrated?