Effective Republican organizing and intraparty divisions among Democrats solidified GOP political dominance until the 1930s.

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

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

Two-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, British troops faced off against colonial militias in the Massachusetts ...

Tens of thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how ...

Mississippi State women's basketball player Chandler Prater has received vulgar comments directed at her on social media after she was involved in the play that ended the season for Southern Cal ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

Georgia's Fort Benning, formerly Fort Moore, is holding a ceremony to rename the military base. Here are bios of the people behind the names - including the two Bennings.

Four of the bloodiest years in American history begin when Confederate shore batteries under General Pierre G.T. Beauregard open fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor on ...

Soviet Union’s cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in history to travel to space. Lasting there for just 108 ...

Kings and Generals launches a new animated documentary series on the American Civil War, following the success of their American Revolution coverage. This first installment dives into the road to war, ...

PITTSBURG, KS — Pittsburg State Baseball tallied a pair of home runs in a 8-5 win over Missouri Southern on Wednesday to extend the Gorillas’ win streak to nine. Drew Bugner got the party ...