With Louisiana’s militias off fighting in Virginia and Tennessee, the job of defending the Crescent City fell to two forts ...

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A personal attempt to find peace involves lowering expectations of others, an agenda which decreases disappointment, ...

April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the day America’s Civil War ended when General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the ...

A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top ...

Kings and Generals launches a new animated documentary series on the American Civil War, following the success of their American Revolution coverage. This first installment dives into the road to war, ...

Join us on an unforgettable metal detecting adventure at Port Hudson, Louisiana, one of the most pivotal battle sites of the Civil War. While exploring this historic ground, we uncovered a Civil ...

Universal Images Group/ O n March 27, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order, insisting that our history must ...

The Civil War killed almost 700,000 American lives with many more being wounded, making it the most terrible war in our country’s history. Let us hope that the soldier’s faith, great or small ...

Throughout history, progress has never ... poverty and war. His work helped push forward milestone legislation like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner escape routes – and looking at ways to preserve the island for the future.

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in ...