Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers who went to war — have been serving in combat for centuries.

President-elect James Buchanan had no idea what was happening to his body. But political Washington had its suspicions.

People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...

Abraham Lincoln’s firm resolve during his last days demonstrated his enduring commitment to the common good', A CT historian writes.

Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address is considered by many to be the best speech ever given by an American president, even greater than his Gettysburg ... civil war, but one with the ...

College professors in math ... Yankees shaking hands at Gettysburg in 1913. But all of that reunion was based on erasing the African American story out of the Civil War, and erasing the fact ...

Students offered their takes: “Maybe he was trying to prevent a war he thought would come after the Civil War ... a great entry into my college experience, where I could learn a lot from two very ...

We were a divided nation on the brink of Civil War. Buchanan had eked out ... said Kerry Walters, a retired Gettysburg College philosophy professor who wrote a compelling account of the illness ...

Millsaps College fired politics and religion professor James Bowley this week over an email he sent to students the day after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election. According to Bowley ...

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...