Americans, on July 4th, celebrate the nation’s birthday, when the Continental Congress officially declared that the United States was no longer a British colony, but an independent country. It gained ...

On the steps of the SC Statehouse sits a statue of George Washington, with a broken walking stick. How it broke, however, is ...

As Trump-led attacks on DEI and non-white history continue across the country, R.T. Thorne and Danielle Deadwyler share their ...

Are you a hoarder? A pack rat? This column should make you feel better. I tend to throw things out, often before I should. I have maybe 10 books and no vinyl records. Why do I need them? I live in ...

In ancient Rome, the average adult male ate two pounds of grain a day in the form of porridge or bread. The standard measure ...

The Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable will present a special July program at the Palace Theater July 16 at 6 p.m.

Total war against civilians didn't begin with World War II. It was official policy of the Union during the Civil War to lay ...

On January 16, 1865, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15 which ordered the redistribution of 400,000 acres of land confiscated from southern slave masters to newly ...

In a cistern discovered on the grounds of the Old LSU Site Walking Trail in Pineville, an LSU student picks up a piece of ...

It is fascinating to note that, notwithstanding his antisemitism, Sherman was a great admirer of Rose Eytinge (1835-1911), a Jewish-American actress and author who rose to become one of the most ...

In 1865, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15, which promised newly freed Black people “40 acres and a mule” to help them build a new life.

The “40 acres and a mule” is a phrase that refers to a section of Special Field Orders, No. 15 issued by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1865 after slavery was officially abolished ...