The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were forced to flee, but soon found themselves cut off ...

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

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.

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

President Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship in the United States. What is it, which other countries apply the ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

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

A search of website archives confirmed the small, nine-star American flag icon existed prior to U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

Although no Civil War battles took place in Rhode Island, a hospital in Portsmouth, Rhode Island played a large role in ...

After years of oppressive British policies which stifled commerce in Narragansett Bay and surrounding communities, the Colony of R.I. and Providence Plantations renounced allegiance to the Crown on ...

Situated in the valley below three surrounding mountains, Lookout, Raccoon and Signal, Chattanooga’s natural beauty speaks ...