Classes were suspended for most of the Civil War but that didn't mean the Knoxville campus went unused. Troops from both sides occupied it at times.

In Thunderbolt To The Rebels: The United States Sharpshooters In The Civil War, author Darin Wipperman provides a tantalizing glimpse into the world of Berdan’s sharpshooters, with details that ...

These Indiana towns have names that raise eyebrows and stories that go deep. Here's how 11 towns in the state got their quirky names.

You never know what lies around the corner. Case in point: Zohran Mamdani, an obscure New York State Assembly member who had kept a low profile until very recently, pulled off a resounding and ...

Thousands of veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic descended on Marietta in May of 1903 to reflect on their service and honor those who had died in the Civil War. Decades after the north and ...

The fraught relationship between the U.S. and Iran isn't new. U.S. involvement in, and conflict with, Iran is complicated and can be traced back decades.

Key takeaways: The final shots of the Civil War Between October 1864 and June 1865, the Confederate raider Shenandoah sank or captured 38 enemy vessels, 24 of them in just one week. The Shenandoah ...

Heckler & Koch firearms have played an unheralded and destructive role in the civil wars that have consumed the country since its independence.

Hersh points to a major U.S. bombing campaign, noting, “I have vetted this report with a longtime US official in Washington, who told me that all will be ‘under control’ if Iran’s Supreme ...

The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.

Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the community marks Juneteenth.