Kansas is looking for a leader to help make a long-delayed mural honoring Black Civil War soldiers a reality at the Statehouse.

On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

Robert Donaldson was born Oct. 13, 1828, in Perry County, Ohio. He was the son of Thomas Donaldson and Nancy Saffer Donaldson. Both natives of Virginia, Thomas and Nancy immigrated to Ohio in 1823 ...

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 ...

With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname "Moses" all over again—and became the first woman in ...

In the words of Axios ‘ news director, the Syrian Civil War “changed everything,” leading to the climax of the Global War on ...

Finger Lakes Community College is marking Black History Month with an online talk by Jeffrey Sammons, a professor emeritus of history at New York University. The event, scheduled for Wednesday, Feb.

The Kankakee Valley Historical Society will share that and other stories of the Northwest Indiana's contribution to the Civil War this weekend. “The Civil War Comes to Northwest Indiana” will take ...

Retired 1st Sgt. Mark Matthews was a soldier who saw the U.S. Army evolve from horse-mounted cavalry to diesel-driven, ...

Yes and no. Named the McAfee House, the residence is known as the “last remaining pre-Civil War structure” in the ... who served with the 146th New York Infantry and Army of the Potomac ...