The soldiers were young and inexperienced, most in their teens or early twenties. In the North, they were farmers and factory ...

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

The Cattaraugus County Museum and Research Library in Machias announces the release of “The Journey of the 37th New York ...

How could Americans be such nice and decent people and support someone so debasing, so deranged, so hate-filled? It was the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The popular “ Yellowstone ” TV series, set and filmed in Montana, taps into a lesser-known chapter of the state’s history: its settlement by Confederates and ex-Confederates during ...

For decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities.

For decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities in ...

Ten days driving down 'the Mother Road' revealed a country whose obsession with its own past is at odds with its precarious future.

As governor in the 1990s, Beasley pushed to remove the Confederate flag from atop the S.C. State House dome, a move that earned him a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award.

When Harris was finished on Tuesday, the crowd left the Ellipse peacefully, returning to their cars, their buses, their homes, and their lives — with hope, John Casey writes.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Few elections in the nation’s history have provided such a divide as this year’s, with the two ...