On July 4, 1776, the hallowed Founding Fathers declared America’s independence. However, the only beneficiaries were white ...

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border is scheduled to be buried ...

Tyler Perry's most-watched Netflix film has revealed the hidden history of WWII's only all-black, all-woman battalion with Maryland ties.

During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die ...

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

In the 19th century, the forced bondage and inhumane treatment of Black Americans fiercely divided the United States, North ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

"I have lost this battle because my force was too small. The Government must not & cannot hold me responsible for the result . . . . I have seen too many dead & wounded comrades to feel otherwise than ...

It would become his calling card, not backing down. Once Grant was brought East, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee faced the military equivalent of a $36 trillion national debt. Grant had more men, ...

Grant led the North to victory in the Civil War ... The Union armies had two significant advantages over its adversaries − men and equipment. Early Union generals were too tentative, resulting ...