Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

Rosencrans and the Union troops were led to the summit by a young man, 22-year-old David Hart, whose father owned the farm ...

Joseph McNeil, one of the Greensboro Four, recalls the momentous sit-in that ignited a nationwide civil rights movement as he ...

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This video covers the historic last Civil War funeral of Confederate Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram, whose remains were recovered ...

Kings and Generals' animated historical documentary series continues with a new deep dive into the American Civil War, ...

These events will distract you from the chilly weather: plays and musicals, concerts by local and touring artists, historic ...

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

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