More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865 ...

One person was killed and several others injured when a storm ripped through a Kentucky community early Friday, officials ...

Sen. Robert Johnson was once one of Arkansas’s most powerful politicians. In a time when the nation was pulling itself apart, Johnson became one of those men pulling hardest of ...

Two orphaned brothers headed west in search of adventure and a new life.  The story is common in the annals of the frontier. ...

The homefront disaster was Richmond's worst during the Civil War. Its 150th anniversary will be commemorated Saturday with living history programs at The American Civil War Center at Historic ...

A Kentucky farmer stumbled on one of the biggest troves of Civil War gold coins ever found, fuelling the dreams of treasure ...

An annual Civil War re-enactment in Virginia was canceled Friday after participants shared worries over their safety following the recent violence in Charlottesville. The two-day event in Manassas ...

The college, first established in 1879, has undergone several name changes throughout its history in Louisville.

A divided U.N. Security Council has voted to extend an arms embargo on South Sudan, where escalating political tensions have ...

Tommy Tuberville is a U.S. senator running for Alabama governor. His new campaign paraphernalia recognize his old job: coach.

All of the essays are well written, deeply researched, and throw considerable light on hitherto obscure corners of the war. One, “Capitals and Communities in War and Revolution,” examines the wartime ...

Facing allegations of a conflict of interest, Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams removed himself this week from ...