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A buried Civil War battery in a Kentucky suburb tells of valiant men standing at the ready… and waiting… and waiting….
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Founded by a freed slave, an Illinois town was a rare example of biracial cooperation before the Civil War
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Descended from American Colonists who fled north rather than join the revolution, Canada’s Tories still raise their tankards to King George
Tumult and Transition in “Little America”
A quarter century of civil war over festering ethnic animosities has renewed questions about the U.S. role in the African nation
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“It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.”— Robert E. Lee, at Fredericksburg
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Hundreds of women fought in the civil war disguised as men
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The New York City courthouse that caused his downfall has been returned to its former glory, and Tweed’s odious reputation has been refurbished
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