Confederate symbols, and their continued valorization, rob us of an opportunity to understand our own rich “people’s heritage ...

Set during the aftermath of the Civil War, Hell on Wheels trades ranches for railroads, and it’s got all the trademarks of a ...

Even in its earliest days, discord was part and parcel of American life. During the American Revolution, families were often divided between Patriots ...

Edward Otho C. Ord was a major general in the Union army during the Civil War and commanded the Department of Arkansas and the Fourth Military District during Reconstruction.

Editor: On April 19, we marked the 250th anniversary of the beginning of our Revolution and the founding of our republic at ...

From the last two-story outhouse in the U.S. to an actual fork in the road, here are New York's top roadside attractions — ...

Just a few years following America’s bloody Civil War, as states were readmitted to ... Hood for the invasion of Tennessee by the Confederate Army. By the end of the war, General Bate was in North ...

It seems like Almost Yesterday that the city of Ironton, Missouri installed a series of historical markers to identify Civil ...

Originally known as “Louis,” the river landing community in Izard County officially changed its name to Guion on April 24, ...

Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore, Harriet Taubman, Babe Ruth, blue crabs and Edgar Allen Poe are some of what Maryland is known for.

Lewisburg, West Virginia is that kind of revelation – a small town tucked into the Greenbrier Valley that delivers big on ...