Jack Hinson, known as Old Jack, began the Civil War as a wealthy Tennessee planter with no intentions to enlist in the Civil War. That changed in 1862 when Union troops executed his sons and displayed ...

The 1860s were years of strain and resolve for the United States, shaped most of all by the Civil War and the work of putting ...

Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, leader, orator—and one of history’s most infamous assassins. Why did he launch a ...

The USS "Monitor" was the U.S. Navy's first ironclad warship. The vessel, which sank off of North Carolina in 1862, ...

Although it now serves as a reef for marine life, researchers have always had trouble visiting the wreck to assess the environment and the ironclad itself. The majority of the Monitor rests about 240 ...

Discover the rich history of the J. Manley Robbins Trail in Danville, now recognized as America's oldest rail-to-trail.

Lebanon's armed resistance has reached a critical juncture, amid ongoing Israeli occupation and ceasefire violations ...

McGillin’s was already serving drinks when Lady Liberty was still just a gleam in Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s eye. This is Pennsylvania’s historic watering hole, and it’s been perfecting the art of ...

Communities In 1860, before the Civil War, Winchester’s 48 free blacks lived in fifteen households widely scattered throughout the downtown area. Following Emancipation, newly freed families were ...

John Steuart Curry's "Tragic Prelude." In October 1859, a small town at the junction of two rivers became the focal point of one of the most dramatic and consequential events in American history. John ...

Happy birthday, Florida! Sorry we missed the big day March 3 and that we can't light 181 candles for you. Burn bans and drought conditions make that unsafe. Florida became the 27th state to join the ...

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address was truly prophetic—it revealed the spiritual meaning of the Civil War.