Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...

On the Reedsburg Public Library calendar is the May meeting of the Friends of the Library group, the last full week of spring ...

Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the state holiday?

For several years, the confederate statue in Madisonville has made waves in Hopkins County. Now, enough money has been raised ...

In this new episode of Kings and Generals’ Civil War series, we cover the Battle of Fredericksburg—one of the bloodiest and ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

If the justices take up a case on Virginia’s felon disenfranchisement law, they’ll be burrowing back to Reconstruction-era ...

A silent witness to most of Vicksburg’s 200-year history is in serious danger of extinction. It is the house at 1414 Grove ...

On this week's Task & Purpose video, Thom Tran explores the history of land mines and the vital, problematic role on the ...

Edward Otho C. Ord was a major general in the Union army during the Civil War and commanded the Department of Arkansas and the Fourth Military District during Reconstruction.

This marks the 160th anniversary of Union soldiers marching to destroy Raleigh as punishment for Lincoln’s assassination, ...