The USS Missouri (BB-63), one of the four legendary Iowa-class battleships, is an icon of American naval might. -Many experts ...

A Revolutionary War-era boat is being reconstructed more than two centuries after being buried deep beneath Manhattan’s ...

Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved ...

Restoring it would cost many millions of dollars. But a national slave ship memorial—akin to the watery grave of the U.S.S. Arizona in Pearl Harbor—might be an option.

These are John Lewis-class ships, meant to be named after civil rights leaders and activist icons. The lead ship in the group is named after the noted American politician and civil rights leader.

Dr. Allen C. Guelzo gives perspective on what the American Civil War was really about. Dr. Allen C. Guelzo the Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Research Scholar at Princeton University talks about ...

Filmmaker Alex Garland explained why it makes sense for 'Civil War' to come out during an election year, why Texas and California are allies in the film, and the slammed the political polarization ...

Congress therefore moved to avoid a repeat of the last war’s shipping woes by enacting the 1036 Merchant Marine Act. Enter, the Liberty Ship, born of a simple design that could be built in ...

In addition, during the Civil War, Tubman was the first African American woman to serve formally in the military." The ships are designed to supply fuel to the Navy’s operating carrier strike ...