Below is an abbreviated history of everyday objects purchased during the Civil War Era. It was shared by Historian James Ayers, and taken from a 1939 Catskill Mountain News.

Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...

With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname "Moses" all over again—and became the first woman in ...

Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in ...

Travel off the beaten path to Sailor's Creek Battlefield. This Virginia state park has a bone-chilling history tied to the ...

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“Fort fisher was essentially America’s largest sand castle ever built,” Steele said. ”Construction began around early in 1861 and it was a constant construction project of building and rebuilding. It ...

The thrill of battle in a new Total War game is always ... players can ascend into leadership roles by battling in civil wars and completing unique interactions within the game’s map.

You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today, you can see for yourself where all the action happened by taking a ferry to the ...

Nay Maps is a South African actor born on 30th March 1989. He is the firstborn of three children born to the late Bishop Simeon Maphalala and his wife. Maps grew up alongside his two younger sisters ...

Gary Ross’ ‘Free State of Jones’ is a dramatization of a revolt during the American Civil War, led by Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey). He deserted his Confederate troops after the Second Battle of ...

Mexico has sent 72 firefighters to Los Angeles on Saturday to help battle the devastating wildfires across the region. Disaster relief workers from the National Forestry Commission and the ...