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 ...

Did you know that Confederate Missouri leaders actually moved to Shreveport and then Marshall, Texas, to establish the Confederate Capital of Missouri?

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

“The efforts of our brave soldiers effectively collapsed the ... Volunteer Infantry Regiment famously followed orders to charge Confederate positions at 5:1 odds. The regiment received ...

and was expecting to travel south to fight in the Civil War when word spread of murders in Acton Township. Weeks’ journey into Hutchinson began when he and a group of 60 soldiers, many untrained ...

Margery Hop Wong last saw her older brother Sgt. Yuen Hop in 1943. He was a soldier missing in action, until researchers solved the mystery behind his death. By Heather Knight Reporting from the ...

While her activities as a Civil War spy are less well known, her devotion to America and its promise of freedom endured despite suffering decades of enslavement and second-class citizenship.

The combat experience in Poland and France showed that soldiers using methamphetamine ... This artist fled civil war, now he’ll represent Australia on the world stage Historic World War II ...

BUCHAREST, Romania – Soldiers from the U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Black Sea and the 1st Cavalry Division stepped into the heart of Romanian history during a visit to the National History Museum ...

Dempsey Daniel Butler arrived in Camden, New Jersey, in the 1840s. An abolitionist and ardent supporter of the Underground Railroad, Butler opened a general store in the city. Through his business ...

A 24-year-old soldier was remanded in custody charged ... answering "yes" when asked if he understood the charge against him. Smith, who arrived at the hearing with a blanket over his head ...