Most people associate secession with the Civil War but idea of disuniting the United States has crept into national ...

While the Constitution does not specify who must administer oaths, Chief Justice John Roberts is expected to swear in Donald ...

Jan. 19 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1861, Georgia voted to secede from the Union and joined the Confederacy. In 1920 ...

Delivering a great presidential inaugural address is an art, one that’s been tried by many and achieved by few. It’s a speech that’s meant to unite, inspire and motivate a nation behind their new ...

Many men in history are brought high by their ambitions, only to fall from their vices. Louis Wigfall, an attorney, legislator, and later U.S. senator from Texas, had many advantages ...

However, his short fuse and alcoholism eventually wrecked his own life and brought disaster for Texas during the Civil War.

Producers openly admit the six-part series dropping Thursday is highly fictionalized. It centers around 1857 involving the ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the ...

Some say Florida has more than 200 ghost towns. Here's a list of some and the story of one that was founded by a 19th-century ...

The Fort Hayes campus, located just north of Downtown, began ... in 1861, there were only a dozen such facilities, most of which were located in the South at the outset of the Civil War.

Most say the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. But many ...