More and more projects across Kentucky are uncovering Black history through historical documents, then putting them online ...

A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...

We haven’t seen this kind of disparity in state laws around human rights since the Civil War," one legal expert told Jezebel.

Experience the thrill of metal detecting as we uncover relics that have lain untouched for over a century, each artifact a tangible link to a past that shaped our nation. From minieballs and buttons ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is ...

In our latest video we are detecting a known Civil War camp that was used mostly by both confederate forces and also at other ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to ...

SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky. A snow-covered stretch of ...

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Lee County in Florida formed in 1887 from Monroe County with Fort Myers, the site of the Civil War Battle of Fort Myers ...

Crittenden. At first, he worked toward accommodation and compromise, but when the Civil War broke out, Breckinridge determined the Union no longer existed and that Kentucky should be free to succeed.

Two U.S. states still honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday set aside for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Will that change?