The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were forced to flee, but soon found themselves cut off ...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

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

There are 18 National Parks in Maryland as well as an additional 10 affiliated sites that partner with the National Park ...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is renewing accusation that Charleston County schools violated state law when it ...

Woodrow Wilson — 28th president, proponent of the League of Nations and a leader of the early 20th century Progressive ...

I remember going to Stone Mountain with my grandma Kay when I was growing up in DeKalb County. She loved the fudge, and we both enjoyed the train. Even as a child, I felt uncomfortable and confused by ...

A park that was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Hanover has a new name, in honor of the Union soldiers that ...

America must take a look at the ongoing racial violence and the monuments we build in service or resistance to it.

Robert Pattison is clearly not letting criticism of the Twilight movies get him down. After playing Cedric Diggory in the fourth Harry Potter movie, the British star shot to global fame in the ...

The first truly national Confederate monument was the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond. It was unveiled before an ... Jr. pointed out that Confederate flags and emblems far outnumbered U.S. flags ...