The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this ...

The President of the United States serves as the Commander in Chief of the nation’s armed forces. While not in the chain of command, the Vice President is next in line to take command. Although these ...

But in 1861, the American Union fell apart ... Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia joined CSA when the civil war broke out. While the United States fought the war under the Stars ...

Military Road in Worcester, off Salisbury Street, not far from Park Avenue, takes its name from the school created by ...

Research on the role of US presidents has attempted to define how previous presidents rank compared to their peers. There is ...

President Trump visited three inaugural balls around Washington, D.C., on Monday night, after a jam-packed first half-day in office as the 47th president.

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate his essential contributions to our country, let's ...

A Civil War map in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland reads, “S. E. Missouri, Country Around Ironton” on its ...

of the Constitution of the United States, it is declared that: "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them ... can be committed in civil society; since ...

If Donald Trump seizes the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada, perhaps Glenn Youngkin should go after West Virginia.