Dave Drake, a 19th-century Edgefield County resident whose pottery is now on display in museums and private collections around the country, was a focal point of a Family Fun Day event Feb. 8 at Aiken ...

the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, while the second was part of the “Stone Fleet” to block entrances to Confederate harbors. The third Potomac was acquired to serve in the Spanish ...

There are 18 National Parks in Maryland as well as an additional 10 affiliated sites that partner with the National Park ...

The Civil War caused the Carlin family to scatter, with at least two joining the Confederate Army ... County (1730-41), Fairfax County (1742-1800) and the District of Columbia (1800-47).

She served in the Pacific, the Mexican-American War, and the Civil War. The second Potomac was part of the “Stone Fleet” to block the entrances to Confederate harbors ... a brigantine (1798–1800); ...

Sprinkled with over 1400 wartime monuments, this 1800 acre (728 ha) countryside site of Vicksburg National Military Park is a Mississippi landmark for civil war history lovers ... mansion is the last ...

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

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

In the summer of 1863, however, Confederate soldiers bound for Gettysburg captured Lyles and her children. Two years later, with the Civil War at an end and slavery on the verge of being ...

Civil War historians told PolitiFact the flag does not represent a Confederate flag. The first Confederate flag had a varying number of stars based on how many states seceded from the Union.

The Virginia General Assembly has passed a bill that would end some tax exemptions for organizations that honor the ...