Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and bayonets,” killing a man known as Galloway or Gallaway, according to ...

Donald Trump has unveiled plans for sweeping new tariffs on trading partners. Don't forget to submit your questions below for a live recording of the Trump 100 podcast on Friday - and listen to the ...

The Colored Orphan Asylum is under siege. A cauldron of resentment, anti-authority, and racial tensions rise as the city ...

Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

A U.S. Army base originally named after a Confederate general, then renamed Fort Liberty, will revert to the name Fort Bragg.