They were designed to halt advancing armies - and they forever changed how battles were fought. In this educational short, History Seekers' Heath Jones teams up with Civil War historian Steve Phillips ...

Near the site of Port Hudson - the longest siege in American military history—we may have uncovered the exact location of a Civil War cavalry officer’s final stand. Using metal detectors, we recover ...

Edda Fields-Black won the prize for her book 'COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the ...

Armed with a list of questions on a legal pad and a tape recorder, Edda Fields-Black and her older sister went from house to ...

Midland County Historical Society's cemetery tours use research and live reenactments to honor Civil War veterans and bring local history to life.

The volunteers, named after a real historical unit, taught students about weapons, uniforms, equipment, and jobs during the ...

Bones found 10 years ago during excavations for Riverfront Park were determined to be Union soldiers and were properly ...

Sudan has cut ties with the United Arab Emirates, accusing the gulf country of arming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ...

Pittsburgh author Edda Fields-Black won the Pulitzer Prize this week for “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, ...

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861.

“The idea is all of us have gotten things wrong at some point,” De Brigard said in introducing the discussion. “But we almost ...