A rain delay played an essential role in The Battle of Jackson, which was fought 162 years ago today in Jackson, Mississippi, ...

The mainstream legacy media and especially the hometown Washington Post have been castigating the Trump administration for ...

The American Civil War wasn't just a battle between states—it was a showcase of incredible military talent. From 1861 to 1865, certain soldiers earned reputations that struck fear into enemy hearts.

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...

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

The story of the Civil War is all about division within one’s own country. But the schisms ran deeper than just North against South—there were also cracks within the Union itself, even after ...

The Trump administration’s arguments against birthright citizenship for all are ahistorical, and make no sense when ...

Almost exactly 160 years ago, the American Civil War wound down to a messy and anticlimactic end. By December 1864, it was ...

California was never a hotbed of Civil War action ... played a major role. The riches of the Gold Rush didn’t just line the pockets of lucky miners; they fueled the Union war effort.