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, ...

At least 20 people were killed in a chaotic crush at an aid centre in southern Gaza on Wednesday (July 16, 2025), with the ...

Manassas National Battlefield Park preserves over 5,000 acres of Virginia countryside and is the site of some of the blo ...

New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...

Worcester's first Stuart Festival in the Old Palace in Deansway is a first and places the city front and centre as England's premier Civil War city ...

There’s something undeniably magical about standing on weathered wooden planks that have witnessed the passage of history, and Pennsylvania’s Sachs Covered Bridge delivers that time-traveling ...

An expert has issued an ominous civil war warning and predicts there could be a tense breaking point in the US in the next ...

California could secede from the U.S., sparking a second Civil War within the next 10 years, a political expert has revealed.

A political expert has warned that the possibility of political polarization reaching a violent breaking point throughout the ...

Worcester was the site of both the war's opening skirmish (the Battle of Powick Bridge on September 23, 1642) and its final battle (the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651) while the county as a ...

Smithfield, Virginia, is full of charm, with historic homes, scenic riverfront parks, quirky pig statues, local shops, and the world’s oldest ham. Here are the best things to do on your next visit.

Subjects include the Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War The twentieth century: Extended features on the First and Second World Wars, featuring maps detailing trench warfare and aerial ...