While touring historic Fort Sumter with the National Park Service, we spotted a Civil War artillery projectile still embedded ...

In April 1861, cannons opened fire on Fort Sumter—and the American Civil War began. This is the tense standoff that turned ...

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

Johnson officially designated Waterloo as the “Birthplace of Memorial Day.” Though some historians question that claim, the ...

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

The biggest crowds are expected to gather when the nine Civil War cannons are fired throughout ... depicting eras from the American Revolution to more modern times. A U.S. infantry division ...

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

A cannon fired prematurely on the 47th round, killing Union Pvt. Hough, the immigrant from Tipperary, Ireland — the first death of the Civil War. Unfortunately, the location of his grave is unknown.

Assuming their authenticity, the Civil War artifacts are pieces of a ... When Confederate artillery tore down the American flag, Hart and two others risked their lives to hoist it back up again.

The day the Vietnam War ended has become a high-profile celebration in Vietnam. But debates over the name of the April 30 ...