William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

Armed with a 160-year-old Civil War battlefield map and our trusty metal detectors, we set off to explore forgotten sites of American history. What we uncovered blew us away - relics buried for over a ...

Wikimedia Commons/Christophe cagé The First Shot of the Civil War at Fort Sumter Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, ...

The American Civil War divided the nation - but not every slave state joined the Confederacy. This episode explores why key border states like Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland chose to remain in the ...

For generations, Cleveland residents glancing at a Bavarian-style brick structure while driving on Linden Avenue have ...

But for reasons unknown, up to 7 feet of riverbed has been scoured away, excavating parts of the 130-foot-long ship not seen ...

New Jersey (and Rahway!) has a rich Revolutionary War history, with many physical locations to be explored. You just need to know where to look.

Strange artifact at Civil War battlefield is skin from alligator that attacked a soldier during the battle over Vicksburg, Mississippi, National Park says.

War has always been the driver of history, economics and industry. Western prosperity is a product of the battlefield. The United States became the supreme world power after World War II. That was not ...

Biden's State of the Union address: Key moments President Joe Biden delivered his third State of the Union address Thursday night, touching on abortion rights, the Israel-Hamas war, the economy ...

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