Stones River National Battlefield preserves the site of a pivotal Civil War clash that shaped the Union’s control of Middle ...

March 15 once again marks the Ides of March, a date linked annually to doom and misfortune due to the assassination of Julius ...

In the spring of 1862, Union forces tried to steamroll through the Shenandoah Valley but were met by a stern Confederate army led by Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.

The small town of Gettysburg is one of the most well-known historical sites in the entire state of Pennsylvania.

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

No two Americans had the same experience of the Civil War – and everyone remembers it differently. Through the stories they told – and the artifacts that survived – various narratives emerged! Untold ...

A scarce Civil War repeater with real battlefield legend and rising auction prices, the Henry is winning collectors in 2026, ...

Home to some of the last speakers of Aramaic, Maaloula was attacked in Syria’s civil war. Its residents are determined to rebuild–and preserve their mother tongue from extinction.

A newly published database includes hundreds of plaques, signs and pamphlets the National Park Service has flagged for review ...

Black historical interpreters are using reenactments and storytelling to center the Black figures that history books often leave behind. There ...

The theocratic rulers of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been in a de facto state of war with the U.S. and our allies since its inception 47 years ago.

A 1938 Southeast Missourian article recalls Cape Girardeau County's once-busy Civil War veterans' posts, the few surviving ...