American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the early modern history and history of the United States of ...

President Donald Trump is attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. His efforts are history repeating itself.

When the Civil War started in the spring of 1861, Tubman put aside her fight against slavery to conduct combat as a soldier and spy for the United States Army. She offered her services to a powerful ...

Where, when and how did civilians organize during the Syrian civil war that started in the aftermath ... actors with those by refugees in border states or by the diaspora," Khoury said.

The South Haven Historical Association will hold a presentation Tuesday on the role Southwest Michigan played helping slaves ...

Even longtime Civil ... War, served in the U.S. Marine Corps, his inspiration for telling about the Marines’ service during the war. About 40% of the Marines’ officers sided with the South ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

The US government has imposed sanctions on the head of Sudan's army and de facto president, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. He has been leading one of the two sides in the 21-month civil war that has ...

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

All these moves are supposedly justified by the idea that the federal government does not play a legitimate role in education ...