Memorial Day became an official holiday in 1971, but it started in 1868 as Decoration Day. It began as an effort to remember ...

With a chorus of rebel yells and the firing of pistols, more than 600 Confederate cavalry came swooping into ... was challenged by some reputed Civil War experts who saw it as a ploy to gain ...

The new mural partially covers up one painted in 2006 that pays tribute to Grierson's Raid, a 15-day raid from La Grange, Tennessee, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1863. The raid, led by Grierson ...

Buffalo soldiers under the direction of John “Blackjack” Pershing were tasked with chasing down Mexican revolutionary Pancho ...

An air raid can only last a few minutes, an artillery bombardment can go on for days. Yet we must remark upon his changed point of view after the bombing of Guernica and the taking of Bilbao. On July ...

This small town in North Carolina is perfect for fans of a classic '60s TV sitcom, as well as anyone looking for a charming ...

George Stoneman and his cavalry continued to wage war ... It’s important to remember the Civil War and Stoneman’s Raid because its history that should stay alive, since it happened right ...

The artist behind a new mural hopes to honor the many facets of the life of one of Jacksonville's Civil War heroes through his art. A new mural now hangs on the east side of 235 W. State St. The ...

We’re celebrating ten years of Our Rich History. You can browse and read any of the past columns, from the present all the ...

Green Bluff’s Siemers Farm, known for strawberry and fall festivals, transformed into a Civil War battlefield this Memorial ...

The Stuart-Mosby Civil War Cavalry Museum first invited the public in for a peek during last fall’s Centreville Day. But it opened officially in June. It’s a small building in Centreville’s ...

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...