Amid mounting tensions between white settlers and the Shoshone, Union soldiers killed an estimated 250 to 500 Shoshone. Today ...

WORCESTER — Walking into Mark Farrell’s home on Gibb Street is like walking into an antique museum. Inside the cabinets near the kitchen are rows of dolls dressed in frilly clothes. Several glass cats ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WCSC) — On July 3, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg, the largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ended in a major victory for the Union during the U.S. Civil War. With ...

Why former Georgia football coach Vince Dooley spent time in retirement preserving American battlefields and studying Civil ...

From 1861 to 1865, the United States was ripped in two by war – with the Union in the North and the seceded states, the Confederacy, in the South. These four years witnessed unprecedented bloodshed, ...

Idaho City's quiet streets hide a rich history from the Gold Rush era, with landmarks like Pioneer Lodge and the restored Pon ...

The Atlanta History Center replaced an exhibition focused on military history with a reflection of America’s defining ...

The Battle of Hungry Hill was a stain on the U.S. Army after they suffered a defeat to the local Takelma tribe on whose land ...

Turner was one of many Black parents whose demands for their children’s freedom defined the scope of the 13th Amendment’s ban ...

Washington in Wilkes County has long focused on the Civil War. Now, historians want to preserve the site of the 1779 Battle of Kettle Creek. Where exactly was the battlefield?

In 1963, Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr., a white Democrat, risked his political life by testifying before Congress in favor of the bill that would become the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He was the only ...