April 6 witnessed pivotal US moments. The Civil War's Battle of Shiloh began in 1862. The Grand Army of the Republic formed ...

The American Civil War was the first major conflict that was photographed extensively, bringing shocking and often horrific images to the front pages and into people's living rooms. Photography was ...

Stones River National Battlefield preserves the site of a pivotal Civil War clash that shaped the Union’s control of Middle ...

Most of the well known Civil War battles are documented thoroughly. However, there are a handful of lesser known, unusual ...

The American Revolution (1775-83) enabled the 13 English colonies to form a new nation; the American Civil War (1861-65) corrected a major defect in our Constitution (1787). Over 700,000 Americans ...

Bob Whisonant is a Civil War buff with a peculiar way of looking at the Civil War. If you ask him to talk about, say, the Battle of Antietam, he might begin, “Well, it all started 500 million years ...

Tennessee’s history is as diverse as its landscapes. From east to west, plenty of areas offer a hands-on journey through time ...

Entering Easton’s Centre Square is like stepping into an American history book. Plaques in what was once the Great Square ...

More than a century before streaming platforms and superhero cinematic universes, American filmmakers were already chasing scale, spectacle, the war film and national history. One of the boldest ...

A local Civil War museum is under new guidance after Carthage Mayor Bren Flanigan recently appointed an oversight board that ...