There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...

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

Syria’s future depends on a historic undertaking: facilitating the return of Syrian refugees to their homes in a country ...

It's been nearly half a century since he died in 1979, and yet no actor has wholly embodied the role of cinematic cowboy ...

The Manipur chief minister has finally stepped down. Could he have handled the ethnic strife and bloodshed in the state since ...

Members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War gathered at the Clark County Historical Museum recently to commemorate the installment of new officers for the General John W. Sprague C ...

The weapons that were not surrendered and the truce that did not last - How both sides viewed the events of 1945 ...

In the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is celebrated every February, I am continuing my tradition of writing columns that focus on the unique experiences, trials, and triumphs of Black ...

Litchfield’s G.A.R. Hall holds a special place in my heart. For about three years, while I was writing my two Terry Tales books, it was my second home. It was in the G.A.R. that I ...

While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured ...

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...