Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

CREATING LIVES HERE. DONNELLEY BENEDICT, BORN IN NEW YORK A COUPLE OF EARLY CENSUS RECORDS SHOW HIM AS A SIGN WRITER AND A PAINTER. EVERY ONE OF THESE UNION CIVIL WAR VETERANS LIVED A LIFE FILLED ...

The divisive issues in the buildup to the Civil War were debated. Education of children had taken place in church schools ...

The net result is that we are in the early stages of a Jewish civil war unmatched since the early ... managing briefings for the president, The New York Times’ account of the internecine fight ...

Acclaimed Civil War reenactor and historian Curt Fields ... and the Grant National Monument in New York City. He currently portrays Grant in films featured in visitors centers at Appomattox ...

Alternate history writing looks at "what if" scenarios; What if the Soviet Union won the Cold War? What if the Roman ... released plans to bomb Buffalo, New York, in a chat group.

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial ... of the Gazette noted that a ship had recently arrived in New York with “40,000 pounds of ‘Liberia-Mocha’ coffee.” ...

The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office donated cemetery markers at a Civil War memorial to honor Black soldiers that fought for the ...

In 2010, construction crews working in Lower Manhattan found the remains of a Revolutionary War-era gunboat buried deep ...

The Libertyville Historical Society is racing to save the rapidly deteriorating 165-year-old banner by fundraising $30,000 to ...