He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

The 248th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan's Island will be commemorated by Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park at the end of June. On Saturday, June 29, and Sunday ...

How could Americans be such nice and decent people and support someone so debasing, so deranged, so hate-filled? It was the ...

This April marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s first battle, at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. For the next four years, national park units across the country will host special events to ...

Shortly following the bombardment of Fort Sumter the 19-year-old Taylor enlisted ... His regiment was at Harpers Ferry on July 21, 1861, when the battle of Bull Run took place.

William Waud’s sketches predate the attack on Fort Sumter and offer a glimpse into ... At the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Arthur Lumley, a Dublin-born Irishman working for theNew ...

One New Jersey war veteran whose legacy remains intact after more than a century was Major General George Washington Goethals ...

The Confederates opened fire on Fort Sumter and, in doing so, began the Civil War. Seven Southern states had already broken away from the Union when the First Battle of Bull Run began. This first ...

The Confederacy fires on Fort Sumter on April 12 ... Shortly after 4pm on April 6, during the Battle of Shiloh, John Wesley Powell raises his right arm to signal fire. A minie-ball strikes ...

The North Carolina college football player didn’t get a chance to finish out his college career and died after battle with cancer. Tylee Craft graduated from Sumter High School, later going on ...

SUMTER, S.C. (WIS) - More than a hundred people ... shared as he reflected on the adversity Craft faced throughout his battle with Stage Four Lung Cancer. Despite being diagnosed on March 14th ...

Expect a defensive battle in this one. The two teams are tied for 8th in ... Union is into its 7th straight postseason and ...