to learn why so many people spend their weekends in Confederate uniforms reenacting the Civil War. How much, I wanted to know, does this hobby reflect a passion for history, and how much is it a ...

A White Settlement museum claiming to have the largest collection of Civil War artifacts ... as Texas regimental flags, ...

Warlord Games have added two new regiments to their Black Powder collection for some 28mm American Civil War battles on the ...

“The Civil War was so fascinating ... To fund the Union war effort, Congress borrowed heavily and created the nation’s first uniform paper currency. The resulting expansion of the monetary ...

Photographer Drew Gardner has a passion for history. His long-term project, “The Descendants,” (  wherein he recreates famous portraits of historical figures featuring their direct offspring, is his ...

How the most divided period in the history of U.S. democracy – the mid-1800s – coincided with a sudden boom in new ...

In this blog post, Jabour explores the multitude of women who dressed as men to fight—and die—in all the major battles of the Civil ... After the war, Sarah Edmonds doffed her uniform and ...

Gerald Goines, the mendacious former Houston narcotics officer who had a habit of framing drug suspects, received two ...

Taking place from Oct. 4–6, the Hartford City Civil War Days will feature reenactors who, for a few short days, live, fight, ...

Hundreds of ex-combatants from the losing side of the Civil War fought against the Nazis while enlisted in the British army.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says it has been able to confirm and document the death of 128 journalists. This number is the highest ever recorded in a single year since CPJ began ...

APPEALS COURT JUDGE: The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kevin G. Ritz to be a judge on the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court ...