President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

Arlington National Cemetery wasn’t always a cemetery at all. The land once belonged to the family of Confederate General ...

Black and brown round pebbles fill the low spots all over White Pocket. These metal-looking balls are made from iron and ...

Howard Perry went broke in 1942 during World War II. The weird thing was, mercury prices hit their highest point ever at $193 ...

Around 4:00 p.m., Union positions north and west of Gettysburg broke. Federal troops retreated through town to Cemetery Hill and Culp’s Hill, forming a fishhook-shaped line along Cemetery Ridge.