Twenty veterans, one whose remains have been unclaimed for nearly a century, were finally laid to rest in the Iowa Veterans ...

Historians say that Sarah Emma Edmonds exaggerated many aspects of her wartime experiences. Still, she bravely served in the Union Army, becoming one of hundreds of women who fought in the conflict in ...

The flag, which incorporates Confederate symbols, was selected in 1952 by a committee that included Marie Bankhead Owen, a ...

A White Settlement museum claiming to have the largest collection of Civil War artifacts west of the Mississippi will close ...

The Wide Awakes were a series of clubs of mostly young men in their teens and early twenties, who organized parades ...

A Connecticut museum spotlights a national movement born in Hartford that helped Lincoln win the presidency in 1860.

A Clarke County slave who risked his life to help the Union Army during the Civil War will finally receive the recognition he ...

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New Jersey's former top gambling regulator says gambling regulations need to be toughened to protect young adults from ...

The Unmarked Burial Site Protection Act is the first state law governing unmarked graves, following contractors alerting ...

Even so, huge amounts are at stake: Sudan’s Red Sea location is close to the Suez Canal, a major conduit of world trade, ...

Interviews with resistance soldiers, activists, and internally displaced civilians in the KNU-controlled jungle reveal a life ...