Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

The American Civil War, 1862-1865, saw 1,646 soldiers enlist from Sauk County; 285 of those died during that conflict.

The first military commander to oversee the occupation of New Orleans after the Civil War wasn't all good or all bad. But some things just stuck deeper in the collective memory.

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

A new op-ed from a pair of conservative legal experts only raises unflattering questions about the direction of the right's ...

The bold stage show '3 Summers of Lincoln' — starring Ivan Hernandez, Quentin Earl Darrington, Carmen Cusack and Saycon ...

Abraham Lincoln had friends and relatives in California, including Santa Cruz,” writes columnist. “A 13-year-old Charles H.

The world premiere musical by Joe DiPietro, Daniel J. Watts and Crystal Monee Hall will feature contemporary music and ...

Did you know that Confederate Missouri leaders actually moved to Shreveport and then Marshall, Texas, to establish the Confederate Capital of Missouri?

On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order that purports to end birthright citizenship for certain ...

Hotel De Afrique, featured in Harper’s Weekly on Feb. 15, 1862, leaves behind a complicated ... slavery in North Carolina during the Civil War, the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum wrote on ...