In 1861, when Republican leader Abraham Lincoln was on his way to becoming President of the United States of America, the ...

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

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

RiverWoods invited the Union County Historical Society and other partners to tour the closed Slifer House for the opportunity to request artifacts and articles of historical interest. The ...

Opinion: Trump comes to office at a moment of deep division and great challenge, somewhat akin to the circumstances that ...

"President Trump will stand at the podium in a time of deep division and great challenge," David Adler writes in his weekly ...

The Confederate flag was the banner of the slaveowners’ rebellion that triggered the American Civil War of 1861-1865. After the victory of the Union side, led by President Abraham Lincoln ...

Hear about the Union and Confederate forces' race to Washington DC in April 1861. In April 1861, as Union forces retreated north, having lost the first battle of the Civil War, attention turned to the ...

While overturning Andhra Pradesh High Court's verdict, which quashed CBI FIR filed against two central govt employees without ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win ...

The deadliest and bloodiest battle in American history was the Civil War, a long and hard-fought battle that began on April 12, 1861, and ended almost exactly four years later on April 9 ...