Stories Untold,” an exhibition featuring nearly a dozen new commissions plus recent works by contemporary artists from the ...

Locals Revisit the Civil War at Fort Willard By 1865, Fort Willard was southernmost of 68 forts and 93 batteries armed with over 800 cannons protecting Washington. A Civil War cannon manufactured ...

No Union victory in the Civil War came easier than the capture of New Orleans. When Union forces sailed up the Mississippi River in 1862 — just over a year after Louisiana seceded — the city ...

Key Highlight: Fort Sumter is a must-see, especially for kids and history buffs. You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today ...

Most folks will tell you the Civil War began April 12, 1861, with the first shots fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Many historians, however, say the war actually began 164 years ago this ...

“Slavery to Soldier,” a program about Black soldiers fighting in the Civil War, will be presented from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 27, and from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 28, at Forts ...

The Defense Department announced the changes shortly after President Donald Trump said he would push for the renamings.

Texas Civil War Museum in White Settlement was founded and run by a Fort Worth oil prospector. It had largest collection west of Mississippi.

“Slavery to Soldier,” a program about Black soldiers fighting in the Civil War, will be presented from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 27, and from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 28, at Forts ...

NEW BEDFORD — It's been over a decade since Civil War-era Fort Rodman has been open to the public. City officials recently agreed to take Standard-Times photographer Peter Pereira on a tour so ...