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Usually, a civil ... War," most would immediately associate it with the American Civil War. This was one of the most defining and brutal periods ever witnessed in the history of the United States.

He is now an avid collector and local Civil War historian, in addition to being ... Preserving these items is “rescuing history from construction sites,” he said.

James Lutzweiler of Jamestown, N.C., has written two new self-published books about South Carolina and the primary cause of ...

A Yorktown native has taken the helm at a multistate nonprofit connecting travelers with communities that have history and hospitality ... sites across six states. Civil War Trails garners support ...

And it echoes through Maryland’s own history. In 1861, amid the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln suspended ... in modern times—without Congress’s blessing. The United States is not at war with ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History ... to be the Civil War’s de facto conclusion.

In 1811, enslaved people along Louisiana's German Coast organized the largest slave revolt in United States history ... “a dress rehearsal for the Civil War,” and increasing tensions over ...

Cadets at the Basic and Advanced Flying School for Negro Air Corps Cadets are shown, Jan. 23, 1942, lined up for review with Maj. James A. Ellison, who is returning the salute of Mac Ross of Dayton, ...

The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change ...

A civil war has broken out among the Democratic wonks ... and more dysfunctional in states and cities controlled by Democrats? Finding answers to these questions began as a series of disparate ...