John Williams wasn’t a particularly tall man, standing at 5 feet, 6 inches, but he made a big impact after joining the Union ...

For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...

Fighting between security forces and pro-Assad militants is worst in years; death toll, mostly of Alawites, considered among ...

Gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new Islamist rulers killed more than 340 people, the head of a war monitor said.

Early Life and Enslavement: Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, into slavery. His mother, who was ...

The Union blockaded the Confederate coast during the American Civil War as part of the Anaconda Plan. To fight the ...

Christopher George uncovered a late 19th-century Civil War presentation sword in the attic of his historic family home, ...

In celebration of Black History Month 2025, the Luzerne County Historical Society partnered with In This Together NEPA, the ...

The idea for the cannon sprung from the team’s nickname, which is rooted in Columbus' ties to the U.S. Civil War as a city where many of the Union army’s blue coats were made. As for the ...

While the shoe isn't on display yet, it's among many new items awaiting a place on the museum floor at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center at 1250 Supply St. on the former Navy base. Another half ...

Hours before surrendering to Union troops, the city was in chaos and overwhelmed by unchecked fires, deafening explosions, looting, rampage and fear. The Civil War — at least in Charleston ...

We’ll start with Civil War, since it was first. Written by Mark Millar with art by Steve McNiven, Civil War kicked off with a literal bang, as the New Warriors, a group of has-been youmg heroes ...