The United States is a relatively young country, speaking in the grander scope of things. That said, it is a nation that has been shaped and molded by conflict. Whether it is wars of colonialism and ...

The United States is a relatively young country, speaking in the grander scope of things. That said, it is a nation that has been shaped and molded by conflict. Whether it is wars of colonialism and ...

The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...

The 28th annual ‘Battle for Sacramento’ Civil War reenactment is happening this weekend.

Every Memorial Day, Americans pause to remember the service members who never returned home from war. Here are the seven bloodiest wars in American history ...

More than a century before streaming platforms and superhero cinematic universes, American filmmakers were already chasing scale, spectacle and national history. One of the boldest examples is The ...

May 25—"Take that, you hog farmers!" "Die, Yankee!" "Go back to Virginia!" These were just some of the colorful hostilities ...

NEWTONIA, Mo. — A national preservation group has identified an opportunity to protect 21 acres near Newtonia, site of two Civil War battles. The American Battlefield Trust last week announced a ...