York County now was up to the top of its boots in America’s Revolution. That initial call for a unit of York County riflemen ...

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, ...

Investigators said the carbine was one taken from the Springfield Armory, reaching that conclusion even though someone ...

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

Walker’s legacy from a Union Civil War brigade in Wisconsin ... Walker was wounded by a musket ball that went through his leg, and he nearly fainted from a mile-plus long walk for medical ...

While the nation teetered on the brink of war, these pedants fought the scourge of silent letters. They rebelled against our irregular English orthography ... after the Civil War, spelling ...

Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861 ... and Daniel Webster of Massachusetts were not long for this world. These were leaders who could ...

Democracy and the liberal tradition have long been seen as among the most basic tenets of the American way of life. They are ...

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

A Dallas-area teacher and football coach became the patriarch of an eight-generation Texas ranching family, owners of El ...

Trump offers help the day after India’s airstrikes against Pakistan - The two nuclear-armed states have an uneasy ...