In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Awsat, London, June 27. According to an old saying, the history of any war is written by the victor. This is because the ...

Historian Patrick O’Donnell spotted an intriguing roadside marker and then spent six years researching a part of the Civil ...

The July 4, 1910 title fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries led to riots, mayhem, murder — and the racially motivated ...

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America’s foremost history documentarian is back at a pivotal moment. But is he avoiding the hard truths about the country’s origins?

In a 4-3 ruling, the Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority ruled the 1849 law had been "impliedly repealed" by changes ...

The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed ...

Attendees gathered at the Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center (SRMEC) Monday for a dinner and the official launch of ...

The University of Pennsylvania will block transgender athletes from female sports teams and erase the records set by swimmer ...

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

At that time, while men were also still doing a lot of the jobs in the home, during this period of great industrialization and leading into the post-Civil War era, where we start to see a lot more ...