The Battle of Gettysburg, too, was explicitly a family affair. Many families sent soldiers who fought on opposite sides, ...

Join historians and Civil War enthusiasts at Wilmington's Fort Fisher this Saturday for the 160th anniversary of the pivotal ...

As Lexington celebrates its 250th birthday, the Herald-Leader examines prominent people, notable dates and key moments in the city’s rich history as KY’s second-largest city.

“Fort fisher was essentially America’s largest sand castle ever built,” Steele said. ”Construction began around early in 1861 ...

Fort Morgan Historic Site near Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama offers great tours, the ability to wander through a ...

He left the Senate in March 1861, just after Texas seceded ... In February 1862, he resigned his commission and joined the ...

The Confederate flag was flown on top of the South Carolina state house until 2000, when it was removed from the dome, but the South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag was raised onto a 30-foot flagpole at ...

Some say Florida has more than 200 ghost towns. Here's a list of some and the story of one that was founded by a 19th-century ...

The 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command leads and integrates all Army air defense assets in the Indo-Pacific region with our joint and multi-national partners and allies. Our command ...

On the night of 6 December, Mohammed el-Nadaf, a soldier in the Syrian army, was at his position in Homs. As rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) pushed into the city, days after they had ...

Of all the miscalculations upon which the rebellion at the South is founded, none is more erroneous than the estimate placed upon the military spirit and resources of the National Government.

Vladimir Putin has suffered another embarrassing blow after Russia reportedly lost nearly 1,400 soldiers on the first day of 2025. Ukraine's military authorities said Russia endured a staggering ...