In the account passed down through her family, Ross was a young Philadelphia widow when George Washington and a congressional ...

Explore Vicksburg National Military Park, a key Civil War site in Mississippi where a 47-day battle helped reunite a divided ...

DEBRIS FROM THE CREEK, AND A SMALL WATERWAY THAT FEEDS INTO THE CREEK. A DRIVER HIT A CANNON IN THE SQUARE IN JEFFERSON, YORK COUNTY, OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT AS NEWS EIGHT’S MEREDITH JORGENSEN FOUND OUT ...

More than 160 years after the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina, new 3D images are offering a detailed look at an iconic Civil War ship that helped shape naval technology and marine ...

Rhode Island is famous for many things, including its beaches, quahogs, Gilded Age mansions, the Rhode Island accent and, yes, its rich history. But did you know that Rhode Island is also known, in ...

Two Civil War cannons are usually displayed at the Rhode Island State House. The "Gettysburg Gun" has a cannonball still fused in its muzzle from the 1863 battle. The "Bull Run Gun" was recovered from ...