New California State is a political movement whose leaders say they have support from the federal administration to propose the creation of a new state. Federal officials haven't commented.

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

Armed with a 160-year-old Civil War battlefield map and our trusty metal detectors, we set off to explore forgotten sites of American history. What we uncovered blew us away - relics buried for over a ...

George H. Cramer, German immigrant and Civil War major, helped shape Cape Girardeau as mayor, postmaster and civic leader, ...

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

Drawing his title from Lincoln’s 1858 “House Divided” speech, independent scholar Hyslop, author of several works on the American West, makes the case that in opening territories to slavery, westward ...

Important Circular from the War Department. Share full article July 18, 1863 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from July 18, 1863, Page 8 Buy Reprints View on ...

In the early morning hours of June 20, 1864, hundreds of Union soldiers arriving through light fog on the James River crept ...

Wikimedia Commons/Middleton, Strobridge & Co., lithographer; Mathews, Alfred Edward, 1831-1874, artist The 47-day Siege of ...