Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

From the last two-story outhouse in the U.S. to an actual fork in the road, here are New York's top roadside attractions — ...

An internal investigation into the killing last month by Israeli forces found a chain of “professional failures”, while a ...

With nothing planned at Locust Hill African Cemetery for the 160th anniversary of the end to the Civil War, not that such a ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, shots fired in Lexington and Concord set off the Revolutionary War. A new nation, ...

For 250 years, historians have argued over who fired first at the Battle of Lexington, when Massachusetts militiamen faced British soldiers about 20 miles west of Boston.

Lexington and Concord was the first of several battles fought in Massachusetts. One of the nine on our list included Martha's Vineyard.

A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this month.

South Korea’s military has fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the rivals ... It is a legacy of the Korean War, which ended with an armistice and not a peace treaty.

Today, with War on the Rocks ... deterrence, and civil-military relations feel even more prescient. But it’s his reflections on leadership and service, and his love for his family, his country, and ...

Join correspondent Tom Wilmer reporting from Northern Virginia at Civil War Battlefield Manassas/Bull Run. On July 21, 1861, two armies clashed for the first time on the fields overlooking Bull Run ...

Today, soldiers are camped beside the mighty monument, barring access. Mingun has been embroiled in the civil war for years now. “The houses of the people have been destroyed in air raids ...