One can hardly imagine what the night of Feb. 17, 1865, must have been like in Charleston. Hours before surrendering to Union ...

The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied ...

Orange Park's Don Hillhouse, a "serious amateur" history researcher, scoured the National Archives for records of Union troops killed 161 years ago.

Caroliner, Jackson’s father, later moved from South Carolina to Louisiana. It is not certain how Caroliner gained his freedom ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National Park Service's many Civil War sites. Each proved enjoyable and educational, ...

From the start and finish of the Confederacy to the awe of the architecture take a walk around Abbeville SC, for a charming ...

The annual gathering traditionally draws thousands of spectators and hundreds of re-enactors from several states helping tell ...

A 135-year-old riverfront home in Bluffton, South Carolina ... He had built a home on the land before the beginning of the Civil War, but it was lost during the burning of Bluffton in June ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal office that enforces civil rights at schools across the U.S. has been ordered to prioritize ...

On November 10, 1898, white supremacists led the only successful U.S. coup, overthrowing Wilmington’s Black-led government in the ‘Wilmington Massacre.’ Its full toll and legacy remain unknown.