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.

Anderson County in Tennessee has a rich history dating back to the 1790s. The county’s records archivist is tasked with preserving and sharing this history.

Sam Houston spoke fluent Cherokee and English, elevating him to the role of liaison between the Cherokees and the United States. At the “Lunch and Learn” May 20, Jay Hannah, historian and Cherokee ...

the treasures saved during the war found a new home in the United States. Millions of pages, including one-of-a-kind artifacts such as teenager Yitskhok Rudashevski’s wartime diary, made their ...

What started as a Civil War relic hunt turned into a once-in-a ... From rare coins to battlefield artifacts, this unexpected find brought history roaring back to life. Join Heath Jones and Scott ...

Join The History Seekers on a rugged adventure into Alabama’s forgotten forests in search of a long-lost Civil War camp ... hoping to uncover Confederate relics buried for over 150 years.

The artifacts didn’t amount to much — they ... the bodies of the fallen for intel or maps that might reveal enemy war plans. “I had an empty C-rations box and I put everything in there ...

A Civil War reenactor in Tennessee is facing a ... In the complaint, which was filed April 21 in a Knoxville, Tennessee, federal court, “Jane Doe,” who successfully petitioned the court ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Wyatt Turpin remains at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital after being hit by a car more than two weeks ago. The eight-year-old was hit by a car while trying to cross ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Adding fuel to the fire, civil rights activist Rev. Amos Brown told NBC News Washington he was recently notified that two artifacts he had loaned to the museum would be returned to him — even ...

Two high-profile Democrats continued their party’s escalatory rhetoric during an otherwise silly stunt at the Capitol on Sunday, invoking the Civil War to suggest that Republicans are traitors.