Their immediate goal was to loot the town’s stores — stealing chickens, boots, hats, shoes, tobacco, biscuits, and whatever ...

The U.S. Army’s XM7 rifle is criticized by top generals for being heavy, unreliable, and outdated. Despite the manufacturers’ ...

Black Union soldiers who were part of the United States Colored Cavalry were driving a herd of cattle near Simpsonville, ...

Judge Charles Atchley is conducting the trial in which Miljkovic is charged with three counts of inflicting torture on prisoners under his supervision. He is also charged with passport fraud for ...

It’s less than two months until the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, one of the most important battles of the ...

It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of the Civil War. Charging with the 54th was Sgt. William Carney, who saw the colors fall. He picked up the flag and carried it forward, reaching the wall of the ...

The world’s newest country is once again facing the prospect of civil war. Five years after the end of the first conflict, Nicholas Haysom, the UN’s special envoy to South Sudan, issued a dire warning ...

A Civil War-era Schenkl artillery shell, still unexploded, was uncovered during stream restoration work behind the Liberia House in Manassas. The shell was safely removed and documented by ...

When Lebanon's civil war erupted 50 years ago this month, its national museum became a flashpoint of its capital's deadly frontline, with militants barricaded among ancient sarcophagi and sniping ...

On March 26, the army announced its capture of the Khartoum International Airport, with army commander Al-Burhan arriving at the airport by helicopter for the first time since the civil war began.

'If we don't understand where we came from, we don't understand ourselves': Historian reflects on VE Day anniversary ...

The colonial victory against the British in the American Revolutionary War was far from a predetermined outcome. In addition to good strategy and the timely appearance of key allies like the French, ...