The post-Civil War era was brought to life Saturday by actors portraying Grand Army of the Republic members. Union soldiers ...

In the last months of his life, serious doubts were raised about the alleged soldier's age and the claim that he fought in ...

One of contentious parts of the history of the American Civil War is the question of whether southern blacks served as ...

Caroline Wood Newhall is an assistant professor of History whose work focuses on 19th-century U.S. history. Her first book is ...

Just days after Veterans Day, a groundbreaking project documenting the lives of Black Civil War soldiers from Missouri’s “Little ... a digital initiative bringing long-buried military pension records ...

Mr. President, you are no stranger to prosecutions warped by partisan vendetta,” the Connecticut lawyer wrote. My client ...

That is a quote from civil rights icon John Lewis in today’s review of a ... The president has the power to issue a pardon, ...

The UN Conference on Biological Diversity (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, ended in early November with important resolutions, but no agreement on the key issue of financing biodiversity conservation.

Did you ever want to meet your favorite author? Here’s your chance to meet a few hundred of them. Now in its 40th year, the ...