American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

U.S. Army assistant surgeon Bernard John Dowling "J.D." Irwin rescued a kidnapped boy and 60 soldiers encircled by legendary Apache warrior Cochise on this day in history, Feb. 13, 1861.

the American Civil War was a brutal conflict between the anti-slavery Union in the north and the pro-slavery Confederacy in the south. Taking place between 1861 and 1865, it was arguably the first ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

The Civil War (1861-1865) is America’s bloodiest war ... a piece of pottery—that highlight African-American involvement in the Civil War. They offer students opportunities to research and ...

Sixty-four years ago, the Estes Park Trail, predecessor to the Estes Park Trail-Gazette, ran columns highlighting the ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Bellamy Mansion was built between 1859 and 1861. The mansion was built by free and enslaved ...

Minnesota Gov. Alexander Ramsey answered President Abraham Lincoln’s initial call for volunteer Union troops at the outset of the American Civil War with an offer of 1,000 Minnesota ...

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...

After the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the growth of cities and the railroads led to greater contact between blacks and whites in the American South. Southerners felt the need to introduce a ...