The story of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, aka Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, one of up to 1,000 women who posed as men to fight in the Civil ...

Francis Richard Lubbock was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, in 1815 to Dr. Henry and Ann Lubbock. While still an infant, ...

At first glance, there was nothing unusual about Pvt. Lyons Wakeman. The service record in the National Archives is similar ...

On the eve of anniversaries of the Declaration and the Battle of Gettysburg, it’s time to consider connections between the wars in York County.

The country around Alexandria shows many evidences of the Red River campaign, ruins being seen on every hand. Fourteen pieces of heavy artillery were found in the fort, and eight pieces of field ...

The division was nicknamed the "Red Arrow Division" because it pierced ... Nobody’s ever talked about it.'” The New Guinea campaign was important for being “first” in a number of areas ...

In the final days of 1863, as the Civil War entered its third grueling year, the once-quiet waters of Matagorda Bay became ...

Here are all of our Student Opinion questions from the 2024-25 school year. Each question is based on a different New York Times article, interactive feature or video. By The Learning Network To ...