Two reenactors unveil a veteran's headstone for Civil War solider Lt. John T. McMahan, who was killed during the Battle of ...

In Concord, Vermont, sexton Bill Gilding is leading a transformation of the town’s cemeteries—digitizing records, engaging ...

Don't know what to do in Maryland? We do! Here are 30 fun things to do in Maryland with kids on a day trip or a family ...

Two Civil War battlefields in and around Northern Virginia have been named to Preservation Virginia’s 2025 list of the ...

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia (top) and Chickamauga, Georgia (bottom) were the sites of two Civil War battles ... bottoms and clouds storm Lookout Mountain, but nature never conquers memory ...

In one of the first engagements of the Civil War, the U.S. Army defeated Confederate ... commander of the Army of the Potomac. The Rich Mountain Battlefield guarded a pass on Rich Mountain. (Map ...

What are the chances of two Alabamians serving in the Civil War, one for the Confederate Army and one for the Union Army, of later becoming in-laws after the war? Especially when they may have fired ...

Uncover the history, explore the monument, and make the most of your visit to one of America’s greatest landmarks.

The language was included in the constitutional amendment enacted after the Civil War to ensure that Black ... a potentially insurmountable uphill battle. “It’s something that the Supreme ...

One of those lawsuits is based in North Dakota, where the Turtle Mountain Band of ... that was put in place after the Civil War to protect Black people in the South from white supremacist violence.

The four-part Horizon series is set during the Civil War (1861 to 1865), with part one starting in 1859, just before the war began. The war went beyond battles between the North and the South ...