Author Darin Wipperman provides a tantalizing glimpse into the world of Berdan’s sharpshooters during the American Civil War.

I wrote for The Telegraph a column titled “Grand Army of the Republic’s legacy lives on.” It dealt with the Parrott Rifle, sometimes called “the cemetery cannon,” which sits in Alton Cemetery. The ...

According to the New York Times, Eric Prince has recently sent weapons to Haiti and will soon dispatch 150 mercenary troops there. He has introduced drones that have killed at least 200 people.

Wikimedia Commons/Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, National Park Service “The war began in my front yard and ...

Wisconsin researchers recently discovered a 145-year-old shipwreck in a murky river – and it was a complete surprise.

A stretch of M-22 in Leelanau County could soon bear a new sign honoring the patriotism and sacrifice of Michigan's Company K ...

The Army continues to operate Abrams tanks, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and Apache helicopters that are fundamentally ...

The 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery and a Lincoln presenter will participate in the event at Redlands’ Lincoln Shrine.

In this exciting episode of History Seekers, we go metal detecting on a private site in Munford, Alabama, once home to both Confederate and Union soldiers. With no prior research, we relied on ...

US civil servants: Do we love them or hate them? Or just thank them? COMMENTARY | Public servants have to constantly navigate and implement the federal government's balance of individual liberty ...