Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday.

On March 8, 1862, a large, slow-moving and unwieldy Confederate ... already on its way to take out the CSS Virginia. When the Civil War started, the Confederate States of America had no navy ...

The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack ... not to free slaves. But by 1862, Lincoln was considering emancipation as a necessary step toward winning the war.

It may sound like a parody title, but there is a real Civil War first-person shooter game where 350 players can engage in ...

Kings and Generals' animated historical documentary series on early modern history and the United States continues with a new series on the Civil War. Covering the causes of secession, early battles ...

For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...

Since then, our beautiful country has fought two other wars. We call them the First and Second World War. We have endured ...

March 13th marks five years since an emergency declaration was issued in 2020 for the unfolding COVID-19 outbreak. But it's far from the only deadly virus to impact the Port City over the years.

Early Life and Enslavement: Robert Smalls was born in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, into slavery. His mother, who was ...

It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as "lost" Sonja Anderson During the Civil War, Confederates targeted ... announced on this day in 1862, was immensely controversial ...