While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union ...

“We enlisted 17,000 Californians, but they mostly fought in the West, marching across the desert ... soon becoming targets for the Confederate army and privateers such as Asbury Harpending.

Journalist, author and historian Michael DeWitt Jr. explores the Fort Fremont Preserve and History Center in Beaufort County, ...

The top things to do in Fairhope, Alabama, include attractions, dining, sunset, wildlife, nature preserves, and so much ...

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

Cities from London to Moscow are holding events this week as the world observes Thursday’s 80th anniversary of Victory in ...

In 1912, the Kline Motor Car Corporation opened its factory in Richmond, ushering in a decade of auto manufacturing in the city.

Roughly 800 Iron Brigade soldiers were taken as prisoners by the Confederate Army on May 4, Walker wrote. The Brigade had another skirmish near Culpepper, Virginia on June 9, 1863, in which one ...

In 1987, Centreville’s Virginia Run community donated 66 acres to Fairfax County in support of the Chesapeake Bay cleanup.