Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865 ...

All of the essays are well written, deeply researched, and throw considerable light on hitherto obscure corners of the war. One, “Capitals and Communities in War and Revolution,” examines the wartime ...

Before this Civil War site is buried under a new shopping mall, we had one final shot at saving its history. Using the ...

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In 'Behind the Lines', a powerful new documentary narrated by Annette Bening, selections from the Center for American War ...

From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.

In ‘The Next One Is for You,’ Ali Watkins shows how ordinary Americans enabled a conflict playing out thousands of miles away ...

“Without that, you can’t compete. With that, you can dominate.” American Airlines is now suing the city of Chicago, arguing that a plan to hand over roughly six O’Hare gates to archrival ...

And those rules could turn into a trade-war sticking point. The Trump administration argues that American meat, produced without similar regulations, is better — and wants Europe to buy more of ...

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A coalition of activists wants U.S. officials to crack down on the trafficking of American guns to Haiti ... Serious weapons of war – sniper rifles, armor-piercing ...