An Army post in Texas reverted to the name Fort Hood in a brief ceremony Monday morning, ending a two-year stint as Fort ...

Wikimedia Commons/Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, National Park Service “The war began in my front yard and ...

Wikimedia Commons/Du Bois, W. E. B. , 1868-1963 , collector Powhatan Beaty, Civil War Sergeant and Hero The Battle of Chaffin ...

In this episode, we visit a Confederate camp reenactment featuring members of the 48th Alabama Infantry. Their historically accurate gear gives us a unique opportunity to learn how to identify ...

In this exciting episode of History Seekers, we go metal detecting on a private site in Munford, Alabama, once home to both Confederate and Union soldiers. With no prior research, we relied on ...

Traverse City community members spent a morning in remembrance of a Civil War veteran whose grave was left unmarked for over 100 years.

The move is stirring up conversation in and outside military circles. Skeptics wonder if the true intention is to undermine ...

Author Darin Wipperman provides a tantalizing glimpse into the world of Berdan’s sharpshooters during the American Civil War.

California could secede from the US, sparking a second Civil War within the next 10 years, a political expert has revealed. Professor Benjamin Cohen from the University of California-Santa Barbara ...

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STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The Sons of Confederate Veterans group filed a lawsuit on Tuesday afternoon to try to stop the installation of new civil rights exhibits at Stone Mountain Park, according ...