No, they were not "hostages." They each had a normal American trial with the presentation of evidence and witnesses ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking to have her office removed as defense counsel in four civil cases pending in U.S. District Court involving inmate abuse allegations. The request ...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is renewing accusation that Charleston County schools violated state law when it ...

Gen. John Magruder, a Virginia-born Confederate general, took charge of Texas defenses from late 1862 onward, and led a ...

Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over ...

President Trump said he told King Abdullah II of Jordan during a phone call Saturday that he would like Jordan and Egypt to ...

Only one copy of a single issue still exists. In fact, one of the only things known about the Messenger is that in 1921, the white-dominated Charlottesville Daily Progress reprinted a Messenger ...

“There are fundamental difference between General Lee and Dr. King. The Confederate general ... In the years after the Civil ...

Mississippi and Alabama are the last states to celebrate Confederate general Robert E. Lee alongside Civil Rights icon Martin ...

Trump announced Stephen Miller as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, plus the additional role of homeland security ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

Join historians and Civil War enthusiasts at Wilmington's Fort Fisher this Saturday for the 160th anniversary of the pivotal ...