On Nov. 4, 1866, the Montgomery Advertiser published a proclamation that had been signed by Alabama Gov. Robert Miller Patton three days earlier. It was an official welcome to Thanksgiving for his ...

Editor’s Note: This is our annual Thanksgiving article, originally published in 2013. Happy Thanksgiving from War on the Rocks! Today is all about tradition: turkey and stuffing; family, friends, and ...

Between 1861 and 1865, Americans killed 620,000 of their fellow citizens. Most died on battlefields, in an awful war that shows what happens when our elected officials refuse to do the most important ...