Most say the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. But many ...

Hear about the Union and Confederate forces' race to Washington DC in April 1861. In April 1861, as Union forces retreated north, having lost the first battle of the Civil War, attention turned to the ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...

An old cemetery in Hazlet contains the graves of several war veterans, but their locations are unclear. A construction ...

Author Erik Larson, one of the most popular authors of non-fiction history, joins us to discuss his new book The Demon of ...

Louis Wigfall would represent Texas in the U.S. Senate, but his short fuse and alcoholism eventually wrecked his life and ...

A rare memoir of a Civil War veteran from Mooresburg has recently been found and published, offering more details about the ...

In February 1861, representatives of these seven states met in Montgomery ... With the 160th anniversary of the Civil War's conclusion coming up in 2025 and some saying the U.S. could be on the verge ...

Megan Kate Nelson, author of “The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the ...

Before there was Whole Foods and Lululemon, and even before that, when there was a Miracle 5 movie theater, the land was ...

A ceremonial sword that belonged to a New Brunswick doctor who served in the American Civil War has found its way back home, ...

"President Trump will stand at the podium in a time of deep division and great challenge," David Adler writes in his weekly ...