Born a slave in Mississippi in 1846, he fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. Yes, you did read it correctly—he ... but no one could keep Collier away from armed action. In 1861, his ...

Historian Jay Winik writes about the leadup to the outbreak of the Civil War in “1861: The Lost Peace.” The' Andrew DeMillo ...

Because of what they sacrificed for me, the heroes who found rest in this glen were black soldiers who fought in the Civil War, 12 of them and their families. Local history has it the cemetery ...

MADRID - Spain on Thursday returned paintings belonging to a former Madrid mayor that were seized for their protection during the 1936-39 Civil War and never returned under Francisco Franco's ...

The holiday's origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members - both Union and Confederate - between 1861 and 1865. The first national observance of ...

Labour's civil war looked to be intensifying today amid claims Angela Rayner pushed to strip child benefit from middle-class families. The Deputy PM suggested the Chancellor should 'claw back' the ...

The holiday's origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865.