On the evening of September 17, 1862, in the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Private Franklin Thompson of the Second Michigan Infantry Regiment walked among the wounded, the dying and the dead.

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The body of Tyler lays buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, not far from the gravesite of President James Monroe, ...

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The annual football rivalry between Oregon and Oregon State was called the Civil War for nearly a century until recently.

Maps of the states that are expected to decide the presidential election are stunning. The urban areas in these states are ...

History buffs from around the country flock to Orange County to reenact the 1860s fight to preserve the Union and end slavery.

A combination of civil rights legislative wins, commitments to diverse representation, and opposition to racism led many ...

Hie Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole and Creek nations formed active economies to sustain life in present day Oklahoma ...

East Stroudsburg University Professor of History Michael P. Gray, Ph.D., who is an expert on Civil War-era prisons, will be ...