Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he helped end slavery and before his tragic ...

Between the Civil War and the end of World War II, the Midwest transitioned from a rural economy to an industrial agricultural economy as the Midwest rapidly industrialized.

The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...

Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.

Visitors to Acworth's historic Lemon House on Saturday were transported back to the Civil War era during the Save Acworth History Foundation's "Gen. Sherman Returns to Acworth" commemoration ...

Records show city officials in 2023 spent $16,000 to upgrade a Confederate marker, located on Wise Street in Manchester, that ...

Florence Griswold site among historic properties once owned by enslavers, rather than a stop on the Underground Railroad.

The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp. After the Civil War millions of freed Black ...

At the Minnesota State Capitol, Howard Pyle’s Civil War painting “The Battle of Nashville” stands as a vivid tribute to ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

History buffs will love this Mississippi destination, where a Civil War battle took place that altered the course of history ...