but many consider the surrender at Appomattox Court House to be the Civil War’s de facto conclusion. Much to Sims’ chagrin, the flag of truce ended up in Union hands. “(Union) Colonel ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened to sap the fighting strength of the Northern army: coffee. This critical source of energy ...

In Khartoum alone, 80 to 90 percent of emergency food kitchens were shuttered. The civil war has particularly hurt Christians. This year, Open Doors ranked Sudan as the fifth most difficult ...

Usually, a civil war is one where all of the fighting takes place within a single country. It occurs when two or more organized groups from the same country clash because of major disagreements ...

BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — “The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds, and it is getting an update.

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The legal and moral weight of that statement is enormous. And it echoes through Maryland’s own history. In 1861, amid the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus in Maryland.

THOSE INCLUDE TWO BUILT BY CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS IN THE 30S AND A GYM BUI A wildfire swept through portions of a Civil War-era fort and historical site in southern New Mexico, forcing the ...

At a Memorial Day ceremony, hundreds of people honored their sacrifices with an outdoor mass and Civil War era music. “I think it’s the best way we can help represent what they did,” said ...

It was May 30, 1868, more than three years after the end of the Civil War, when General Order 11 created a day of remembrance for those “who died in defense of their country.” “(It ...

May 25—Green Bluff's Siemers Farm, known for strawberry and fall festivals, transformed into a Civil War battlefield this Memorial Day weekend. Late Saturday morning, Union and Confederate ...