In response to the Mother Emanual AME shooting in Charleston, SC, lawmakers and protestors rallied to bring down the ...

Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished himself as a commander.

For nearly 114 years, the Confederate statue has stood on its pedestal outside the old county courthouse on Fourth Street in downtown Winston-Salem.

Noah Davis was a painter's painter, a deeply thoughtful Black voice heard by other artists until he died at 32. A new L.A. show reveals just how good he was.

American history is more polarizing than ever. But the country’s leading storyteller wants to prove there’s still an appetite ...

Angel Island State Park rises from the waters between Tiburon and San Francisco like a verdant mirage, offering a delicious escape that’s tantalizingly close to civilization but feels worlds away.

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

It actually lasted longer than the real thing in the U.S. A Civil War-era canon. The war ended 160 years ago, prompting some Americans to emigrate to Brazil to recapture the essence of the ...

Explore the legacy of Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan, from leading the Lexington Rifles to his ill-fated raid and ultimate death in the Civil War.