PBS' six-part, 12-hour documentary lets Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt dive deep into all-too-relevant U.S.

Four years of conflict between North and South reshaped the United States forever. In just one minute, this video highlights the causes, the major battles, and the outcome of the American Civil War — ...

On July 8, 1862, 150 years ago, during the American Civil War, an important meeting occurred between Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln and his leading Union general, George B. McClellan. It took ...

Grant gives opportunity to step into history Juniors and seniors from Cambria Heights High School in Patton recently embarked ...

Visit interesting Civil War sites, sip craft beer at local breweries, and fly in WWII planes in this small Virginia town that ...

Jeffrey Rosen, lawyer and U.S. Constitution scholar, has written the second book in a series of constitutional contemplations, “The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous Confederate States of America, and so far were able to fight the Union Army.

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious world of the hit TV show Severance? The Battle of Cold Harbor was a ...

Strategy is the focus of most of the modern military historians. Their driving assumption is that strategy is the ‘dog’ and tactics is the ‘tail.’ In other words, strategy shapes the course and ...