Texans fought and died in a blood-soaked cornfield at the Battle of Antietam. Never one to rest on his laurels, Gen. Robert E. Lee invaded Maryland six days after winning the rematch at Bull Run. His ...

Civil War buff Ruth McCartan believes some of the best history lessons lie close to home. “You don’t have to go to a battlefield to learn,” the McCandless resident said. McCartan will host a tour Sept ...

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Be there as Union soldiers drill ahead of battle, or when Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant discuss the terms of surrender, or when President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg ...

This weekend, hundreds of history buffs will strive to faithfully recreate the battles, scenes and personae of America’s Civil War, as the Huntington Beach Historical Society hosts its 32nd annual ...

JACKSON, MI – Step back in time to the 1800s at the annual Jackson Civil War Muster. The muster returns Saturday, Aug. 23 and Sunday, Aug. 24 at Cascades Falls Park, 1401 S. Brown St. Much like ...

A rendering of Pennsylvania soldiers voting by artist William Waud was published in Harper’s Weekly, Oct. 29, 1864. (Library of Congress) “We cannot have free government without elections,” President ...

SPRING HILL, Tenn. (WKRN) — A historic battlefield in Spring Hill will be preserved forever, once the Battle of Franklin Trust closes on the property on Tuesday. The 11 acres of land were home to the ...

Myanmar's military has announced the first phase of a general election to be held in late December, in a poll widely seen as an attempt to lend the junta legitimacy following its 2021 coup. State-run ...

The return of earmarks to the annual appropriations bills has sparked a battle among Republicans on Capitol Hill, pitting fiscal hawks against members of the Appropriations Committees and their allies ...

Anything is possible in the coming days and weeks, but it’s difficult not to feel like we are veering toward escalating violence. Members of the National Guard walk on the National Mall on August 14, ...

Earth’s Mightiest Heroes come out on top in Avengers: Age of Ultron, destroying the titular villain and saving the people of Sokovia. Captain America and Black Widow feel good enough that they put ...