The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname "Moses" all over again—and became the first woman in ...

And he is the first African-American member of the Maryland chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans ... interested in the Underground Railroad. Before he plunged into the flag dispute ...

Sherman’s march started in Atlanta, the railroad and manufacturing hub that ... Most people probably would have pursued the Confederate Army that was retreating to Alabama.

One of President Donald Trump’s early initiatives is already bearing fruit: Google Maps said Monday that it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and Denali to Mount ...

There are 18 National Parks in Maryland as well as an additional 10 affiliated sites that partner with the National Park ...

A Civil War map in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland reads, “S. E. Missouri, Country Around Ironton” on its ...

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

Although no Civil War battles took place in Rhode Island, a hospital in Portsmouth, Rhode Island played a large role in ...

Depending on the maps one consults, says the Virginia historian ... rather than enslaved labor to build such industries as coal, railroads and salt. Also, they scratched out a living on yeoman ...