The Catherine Furnace is all that’s left of a large operation the Confederacy used to melt iron and make cannonballs.

We followed a 160-year-old Civil War map straight into the past—armed with metal detectors and a deep respect for history. Each beep brought us closer to uncovering relics left behind by soldiers and ...

Vintage maps labeled the farms along old Mechum’s River Road with still-familiar local names including Ballard, Carr, Jones ...

The drive to Grand Caverns takes you through the picturesque Shenandoah Valley, where rolling hills and farmland create a ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened to sap the fighting strength of the Northern army: coffee. This critical source of energy ...

Nestled between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah Valley sits a pocket-sized paradise where history isn’t cordoned ...

When the civil war began in Sudan, Shiraz Youssef couldn’t hear the explosions, the gunfire or the screams. The 22-year-old from Khartoum lost her hearing when she was very young. But the ...

Since the Christian songbook’s pre-Civil War publication, groups of Sacred Harp singers have periodically worked together to revise it, preserving its history and breathing new life into it.

Ron Kirkwood was recently named the recipient of the Distinguished Book Award from the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable for his book, “Tell Mother Not to Worry: Soldier Stories from Gettysburg ...

BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — “The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds, and it is getting an update.