It will be known as the third Battle of Newtonia. In September of 1862, the American Civil War was in its second year. In southwest Missouri, the tiny area of Newtonia, south and east of Neosho, would ...

In celebration of Black History Month 2025, the Luzerne County Historical Society is proud to partner with In This Together NEPA, the Luzerne County Chapter of the NAACP, and the RACEteam to bring ...

The first military commander to oversee the occupation of New Orleans after the Civil War wasn't all good or all bad. But some things just stuck deeper in the collective memory.

Calvin C. Bliss was one of the thousands of Arkansans caught in the chaos of the Civil War and Reconstruction, but he came to Arkansas as an educator and became the state’s first lieutenant governor.

In our latest video we are detecting a known Civil War camp that was used mostly by both confederate forces and also at other times union throughout the Civil War. We have also found evidence of ...

Thomas Jefferson claimed he came up with a plan for the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans 100 years before the Civil ...

Thomas Morris Chester did not believe that equality would happen for Black people. Even as a free man, he couldn’t vote in Pennsylvania.

Washington, Lincoln and even Millard Fillmore and are among the presidents honored with Denver streets — and one infamous VP.

A cigar maker and a successful boxer in the 1800s, André Cailloux also was the first Black officer killed in action during ...

On Presidents Day we are reminded of Abraham Lincoln’s commitment to reconciliation and rehabilitation, rather than retribution and revenge, as a mark of leadership.

Fewer workers get Presidents Day as a holiday compared to days like Christmas and Thanksgiving. One economist suggests why it ...

One can hardly imagine what the night of Feb. 17, 1865, must have been like in Charleston. Hours before surrendering to Union ...