The Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park is the oldest and largest of America's Civil War parks, encompassing land both north and south of the Tennessee-Georgia border, with more than 600 ...

History buffs will love this Mississippi destination, where a Civil War battle took place that altered the course of history ...

A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 ...

From 1870 to 1872, thanks to the influence of Chloe Merrick Reed, the number of public schools students increased from 7,500 ...

Between 1852 and 1874, New Orleans clawed back some of its old territory, annexing three cities above Felicity Street: ...

Both sides in the Civil War relied heavily on railroads, which is partially why Sherman’s march, in which he tore up Confederate railroads, was so devastating. Soldiers can be seen in the trenches ...

Part of the push is to honor Tubman, a former slave who used the Underground Railroad to ... Nieman said. “Confederate leaders looked a lot different before the civil rights movement awakened ...

President Donald Trump's order accusing the Smithsonian Institution of not reflecting American history notes correctly that ...

In keeping with tradition, one dramatic beat of the presidential inauguration in January was the Naval Academy Glee Club’s ...

The Hotel Weyanoke represents Farmville’s most elegant overnight option, occupying a beautifully restored 1925 building in ...

Following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling that declared segregated schools unconstitutional, Prince Edward County ...