For Confederate Army scout with Powhatan ties, life after the Civil War was devoted to spreading the word of God—and to ...

The 4th of July is a holiday that means national celebration. But what that looks like has changed through the decades. From ...

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Every single generation is convinced, it seems, that their revolution will work, and their moment is uniquely in need of ...

For Confederate Army scout with Powhatan ties, life after the Civil War was devoted to spreading the word of God—and to ...

Once upon a time, the Prince of Wales came to you might say a magical place called The Mansion House hotel in Mount Carbon, ...

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, ...

Indeed, 12 military men in the American Revolution were drawing pensions in the Civil War, and the photos of six appeared in E.B. Hillard’s book “The Last Men of the Revolution” in 1864.

We followed a 160-year-old Civil War map straight into the past—armed with metal detectors and a deep respect for history. Each beep brought us closer to uncovering relics left behind by ...

Between 1861 and 1865, the Union, or northern states, and the Confederacy, or southern states, fought each other in the American Civil War. A major dispute over slavery was the primary cause of ...

It's now about 23.4 million. In 1865, in those tumultuous last six months of the Civil War, Florida came to experience what only a handful of American states has: surrender and occupation.