American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

Approximately 90 African Americans have been identified as serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. Unlike the American ...

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking access to dozens of migrants flown to a U.S. naval ...

Said was born Mohammed Ali ben Said around 1836 in Kuka (now called Kukawa) to a Kanuri father and a Mandara-Margi mother. He ...

Today's History Seekers adventure takes us to a field used by both confederate and union soldiers during the American Civil ...

One of the 10 greatest trees in the world is still holding strong — and with a remarkable tale of strength to pair with it.

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...

Members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War gathered at the Clark County Historical Museum recently to commemorate the installment of new officers for the General John W. Sprague C ...

On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.