Archaeologists in Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution ...

American colonists who aligned with the British lost their lands, their reputations and sometimes even their lives ...

Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and Allen Moore discuss the making of The Civil War ... Our American Cousin. Footfalls, and door slams, and done all of that. We hadn't laid down the gunshot.

An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight for the Union Army as the Civil War broke out between the ...

An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.

The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

"That's what really made me feel afraid." In an instant the student, who because of that fear asked to be identified by her first initial, T, faced a decision more consequential than any she had ...

"That's what really made me feel afraid." In an instant the student, who because of that fear asked to be identified by her first initial, T, faced a decision more consequential than any she had yet ...

The year 1963 was a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement ... and the writer James Baldwin were agitating for more action by American leaders. Peniel Joseph writes about this pivotal ...

The New York Post reported that in a closed-door meeting, Trump told Republicans lawmakers “don’t f—k around with Medicaid.” Potential cuts to Medicaid services have caused an uproar among ...