Like most of West Africa, English-speaking Sierra Leone is a gaping hole on the holiday map – but a new tourism strategy could change that ...

“Voices from Gettysburg: Letters, Papers, and Memoirs from the Greatest Battle of the Civil War,” the latest contribution from Civil War and Abraham Lincoln scholar Allen C. Guelzo, is filled with ...

When West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863, the Civil War was still raging, meaning that even though it was no longer ...

The 13-floor building was completed in 1929, a time when large parts of Shanghai were occupied by colonial forces and the ...

This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of Vicksburg was a turning point for the Union Army. The siege lasted six ...

The Battle of Bull Run, the first major clash in the Civil War, ended in a Confederate victory. It shattered illusions that ...

Travers and Evans shared letters between R. Dutton Silsby, who was stationed in a Virginia camp between 1862-63, and his wife ...

Discover the fascinating national park sites in Georgia. Explore Civil War battlegrounds, historic sites, and natural wonders ...

The remains of 28 Civil War veterans and many of their wives are receiving burial services across the country. As first ...

For decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities.

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th US Infantry Regiment ... Several were wounded in ...

The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...