From three Western directors, How the West Was Won is a five-segment masterpiece about a frontier family experiencing key ...

Every nation has a story that is retold with the words – it was the darkest time in our history. For the United States, that ...

This lesson compares the experiences, roles, and legacies of Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Davis, the wives of the Civil War era presidents. The lesson, which features historian Kelly Hancock speaking ...

Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the ...

Humanitarian aid has taken a severe blow as the Trump administration has frozen foreign aid and is attempting to close down ...

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

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.

Harriet wanted to bring vivid scenes of the cruelty of slavery “to the hearts and minds of every American,” and she ... and the causes of a great Civil War began to foment.

Following the American Civil War and the abolition of the slave trade, there were still many people who wanted to keep racist rules and systems. This was particularly the case in the southern ...

What is Cold Harbor on Severance? History may hold the answer. What is Cold Harbor on Severance? History may hold the answer.

The American Civil War Museum actually comprises three sites: The American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar and the White House of the Confederacy can both be found in Richmond, while the ...