American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

The city was firmly etched into the nation's history after the Civil War Battle of Vicksburg in 1863. A list of events to celebrate Vicksburg's Bicentennial over the next few days include a ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers who went to war — have been serving in combat for centuries.

Plus, thousands of Civil War recruits were young ... Cashier participated in the siege of Vicksburg and later fought at Mobile and Memphis and took part “in forty battles and skirmishes ...

It would become his calling card, not backing down. Once Grant was brought East, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee faced the ...

Let’s hope that Elon Musk is, indeed, a latter-day Grant, doggedly pursuing the spending that strangles our country, ...

People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...

American Cruise Lines has announced its most comprehensive Mississippi river season for 2025. There will be five riverboats sailing 12+ itineraries on the river and its tributaries year-round. The ...

One score and 12 years ago, a determined director and thousands of reenactors brought forth an epic film based on an historical novel chronicling the Battle of Gettysburg. Now the New Ulm Film Society ...

In 2021, the Mississippi Legislature authorized the creation of the MHSPG program to acquire sites related to Civil War battles, Native American archaeology, and civil rights history. The funding ...