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

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

A trunk filled with reproductions and models of Civil War-era items is giving middle school students here an opportunity to more deeply explore that time period.

Crew on site in January collecting images for National Endowment for the Humanities project creating historic graffiti ...

A new Netflix docuseries reveals the true story behind 2002's Black Hawk Down — told by those who lived it. The 3-part ...

Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...

Later, he accompanied a shipment of guns to Kansas during the battle between free staters and border ruffians ... (The essays ...

LAKE GEORGE — In his new book, “Robert Rogers, Ranger: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon,” author Martin Klotz explores the life of the eponymous Robert Rogers.

A park ranger for Fort Harrison in Henrico didn't know his acting experience would come into play when he started the job. But, when it came to playing the country's first Black war correspondent, ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

“Especially in Western Pennsylvania, because when you say ‘Civil War,’ you think Gettysburg. You think down south, Tennessee, states and battles that happened far away. “When you form a ...