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?

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

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

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

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

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

Here are notable historical events that occurred in Arkansas between the dates of April 20 and April 26, spanning from 1836 ...

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.

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

Morgan had one goal in the American Civil War, and that was to harass and hinder the Union Army as it invaded the South.