The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...

Here’s what happened in April 1861, leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, which spurred the launch of the American Civil War.

It is fascinating to note that, notwithstanding his antisemitism, Sherman was a great admirer of Rose Eytinge (1835-1911), a Jewish-American actress and author who rose to become one of the most popul ...

The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with ...

Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Elsewhere in the country, parts of the rebel army ...

Technological advancements made the development of these engines possible -- and forever changed the way outside observers ...

National Medal of Honor Day Set March 25, Brevard's Emory Bennett Awarded Medal for Valor During the Korean War ...

The Battle of Round Mountain has divided historians for years. Who won the Civil War battle isn’t debatable, but where it ...

Neptune enters Aries for the first time in over a century on March 30, marking the beginning of a new cycle of inspiration, ...

During the U.S. civil war (1861-1865) there was talk of forceable American annexation of Canada because of British support ...

Richard Kreitner's "Fear No Pharoah" gives an honest account of how Jews resisted, ignored and even championed American ...