William Harvey Carney actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect of his fellow ...

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

The countryside surrounding this city was home to the bloodiest single battle of the Civil War and Wisconsin is well represented here. There are seven major monuments and several other smaller stones ...

Colonel Archibald Gracie wrote the famous book The Truth About The Titanic, detailing his experiences onboard the ill-fated ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...

Charles H. Walker's family is committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through ...

NewsNation Chief Washington Anchor and On Balance host Leland Vittert gives you an early look at tonight’s 9 p.m. ET show.

Retrumplicans have set me and my history-teaching colleagues straight. We’re done “rewriting history.” Apparently 17th and 18th century Europeans “found” a virgin wilderness where they could establish ...

Rick Atkinson’s new Revolutionary War history is an unblinking portrait of wonderful nation’s birthing.

When a Civil War general's great-great-granddaughter went rummaging through the attic of their old family home, they could not imagine the remarkable discoveries they would find.

How often do we see such minutes-long interviews with Palestinian victims of this war? Though we frequently hear interviews with the doctors who treat Gazans, we seldom hear in-depth interviews ...