The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

The German constitution outlaws the former Nazi swastika and other remnants as “symbols of anti-constitutional organizations.

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at a loss. One such oddity — a ragged chunk of leather — is part of the Civil ...

Explore the legacy of Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan, from leading the Lexington Rifles to his ill-fated raid and ultimate death in the Civil War.

Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, “Report Submitted to Secretary of War Stanton, May 26, 1863,” in The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, ser. 3, vol.

But for reasons unknown, up to 7 feet of riverbed has been scoured away, excavating parts of the 130-foot-long ship not seen ...

Hegseth says renaming military bases after Civil War soldiers who fought for slavery is ‘important for morale’ Defense secretary claims veterans and active-duty troops are thankful the ...

See the Artworks That Explore the Forgotten History of Harriet Tubman’s Civil War Triumphs Tubman’s 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and ...

In the aftermath of two tragic wars perpetrated and rationalized on the socially constructed notion of “race” and racial ...

Rankin County residents packed Brandon City Hall to discuss whether a Confederate statue belongs in the Mississippi town’s center where a bulk of local traffic flows.

On the steps of the SC Statehouse sits a statue of George Washington, with a broken walking stick. How it broke, however, is ...