The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

America must take a look at the ongoing racial violence and the monuments we build in service or resistance to it.

Following the second election of Donald Trump, I discovered that several of my acquaintances voted for the twice impeached convicted felon, who The Washington Post found guilty of making 30,573 false ...

Grant at Appomattox Court House. All major military operations have been completed.” Then I wrote on the board in big letters: “Mission Accomplished.” I proceeded to ask if the Civil War was ...

Lee at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9 ... Meacham’s words may be true, but not that a second American Civil War may be imminent. I would agree, instead, that we are seeing ...

Curators at the National Museum of American History talked to the brothers who found a relic of the 1800 Adams and Jefferson election When Generals Grant and Lee sat down at Appomattox Court House ...

Let’s set aside for a moment the questions of the legality and constitutionality of Trump’s action and ask instead: Where did ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

A historic house and landmark in Cobb County is on sale for $1, but there’s a catch. The historic McAfee House on Bells Ferry Road and Ernest W. Barrett Parkway is for sale by its owner ...

Southern textbooks altered historical facts in lessons about the "War Between the States ... Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865, to Union Gen.