Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – 2025 marks the 163rd anniversary of the Battle of Glorieta Pass, a famous Civil War battle that took place in New Mexico. Celebrity Historian Raffi Andonian speaks on the battle.

When Farragut is remembered, it’s usually from a famous utterance during the Battle of Mobile Bay on Aug. 5, 1864. During this Civil War battle, it was discovered that Mobile Bay was booby ...

The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, ‘The Last American Road Trip,’ Sarah ...

Bowdoin College - Maine's oldest -- was chartered in 1794 when Maine was still part of Massachusetts. One of its most famous alumni is today Brunswick's most beloved former resident, the late Col.

Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website ...

The battles, which resulted in the deaths of 49 American militia members, are considered the first of the Revolutionary War. Reenactments ... institutions and civil liberties while undermining ...

Many of the new artifacts carry the weight of history, but also the freedom stories and intimate histories of the families ...

His famous “March to the Sea” employed scorched-earth ... worked as an engineer before enlisting with the Union at the outbreak of the Civil War. After fighting in battles at Antietam and ...

From The Washington Post: For years, a National Park Service webpage introduced the Underground Railroad with a large photograph of its most famous ... the end of the Civil War—refers to ...