With Louisiana’s militias off fighting in Virginia and Tennessee, the job of defending the Crescent City fell to two forts ...

An archeologist from over 150 years ago sent a message to the future which has just been uncovered during a more detailed dig ...

During our visit to Fort Sumter, the site where the American Civil War began, we made an incredible discovery - a Civil War-era artillery shell still lodged in the brick wall of the fort! Join us as ...

A look at what happened April 7-12, 1861, before the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The shots fired ...

Soviet Union’s cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in history to travel to space. Lasting there for just 108 ...

Almost a year into the American Civil War, the Union forces laid siege to Fort Donelson. In this episode, we're going to find out why this fort was strategically important, and how Ulysses S Grant got ...

On my periodic trips to Atlanta, I often stop at one of my favorite bookstores, A Capella Books near Inman Park. During my ...

“Come, come and eat with us!” came the cry from a family grouping eagerly tucking into rice and curry spread out on a banana ...

The Defense Department (DoD) efforts to purge civil rights figures from its website led to the deletion of a page about Black Civil War hero Sgt ... to celebrate African American History Month.

Seward had been stabbed in the face and neck with a Bowie knife by another conspirator, Lewis Powell. In a near miraculous ...

These spring breakers think America declared independence from Spain, the US Pentagon is a square, there are 7 US Senators, the Civil War was fought ... s restaurant near Fort Lauderdale’s ...

Fort Delaware is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was also cited as one of the most haunted places in ...