Although the Battle of Antietam is a much-studied encounter, Budiansky’s consideration of nine people caught up in the battle and its aftermath is thoughtful and insightful.

Civil rights activist Ida B. Wells will be featured on newly minted U.S. quarters. Historian Raffi Andonian joins Jenye Donaldson to share Wells' story.

The Madison County residents took the self guided driving tour and saw Dunker Church, the Mumma Farm, the Sunken Road, Burnside Sycamore and the Corn Field.

He was mustered into the 87th New York Infantry in November of 1861, was wounded in the bloody Battle of Antietam a year later and trekked back from Maryland to die at home at age 18.

Birthright citizenship is a shield of protection to anyone born in this country, as close to a national self-definition as we ...

The President of the United States serves as the Commander in Chief of the nation’s armed forces. While not in the chain of command, the Vice President is next in line to take command. Although these ...

President Trump admires one of his long-forgotten predecessors. He has resurrected the memory of President William McKinley, whose term bridged the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the ...

What was quite interesting is that whilst the majority of the miniatures here were 6mm American Civil War, they were also ...

The move, the 47th president says, will ‘restore the name of a great president’ to ‘Mount McKinley, where it should be and ...