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

My grandparents, Nathan and Domenica Borga DePauli, had a farmette on the Route 61 side of Lawton’s Hill until after World War II. In fact, their house was demolished to make way for the new Route ...

Texas Republicans are bracing for an explosive Senate primary next year in the latest chapter of an ongoing civil war that ...

Listen to this article China announced Friday that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% — the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has ...

Rising tensions in the east African country of South Sudan, culminating in the 26 March arrest of Vice-President Riek Machar, ...

A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this month.

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

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil War: “Victory, Victory” and “The ...

April 9, the day that the American Civil War ended in 1865, should be a national holiday celebrating the defeat of the Confederacy, the end of slavery, and the triumph of liberty.

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

A look at what happened April 7-12, 1861, before the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The shots fired ...

Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website ...