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

"With the [Confederates] in mind, the Fenians hoped to seize and hold a bit of British territory that would become the headquarters of the Irish republic," said Senior. The Fenians were anything ...

A park that was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Hanover has a new name, in honor of the Union soldiers that ...