On July 3, 1863, the Union army under the command of Gen. George Meade defeated Confederate forces commanded by Gen. Robert E ...

This is the fifth in a series of articles about Marshalltown street names. Today’s article identifies the five city streets ...

These enduring foundations of the United States of America have ties to the institution of slavery A country’s racist past ...

Donald Trump was mocked online for seemingly not knowing when the civil war ended, causing users to claim their own president couldn't pass a citizenship test.

By: Casey Roberts and Josely Labarrere Staff Reporters What began in 1865 as a weekly four-page paper run on hope and ink has, 160 years later, become one of the most enduring pillars of journalism in ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

The American Civil War. Remember it? Well, no, because you weren't alive. But you've read about it, and the Civil War ...

Davis, captured by Union forces, was imprisoned at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va. Hood had surrendered to Union forces in Natchez, Miss. My primary celebration on Thursday, the 160th anniversary of the ...

Juneteenth is what the dictionaries call a “compression,” in this case of a date, ‘June Nineteenth.’ The actual June 19th that we mark with this holiday is June 19, 1865.

On a farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jake Bryan starts each morning the same way his father, grandfather and ...

Government and state offices will be closed, as will the U.S. Post Office. That means there will be no mail delivery on ...

Each June, communities across the United States gather to celebrate Juneteenth, a blend of "June" and "nineteenth”, as the ...