Among the weathered and once-cracked headstones in Michigan’s historic Brighton Village Cemetery, the dual grave markers for Lt. Col. John Gilluly stand out. It was a late summer day when I was drawn ...

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Then in January of 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the ...

The mean of the previous seventeen Summers is 13.86 inches, so that the quantity in 1862 is about 132 per cent. above the mean, or nearly 2 1/3 times the average. This is certainly a very ...

A Confederate monument in Grenada, Mississippi, has been taken down after standing for more than a century on the courthouse square. The statue, which had been covered in tarps for the past four ...

Confederate artillery and rifle fire inflicted heavy Union casualties ... And it was quickly rendered obsolete by military realities. In 1862 lawmakers tried again, imposing a 3% tax on personal ...

One of the defining events of U.S. history is the Civil War, which lasted almost exactly four years, from April 12, 1861 to ...

President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all enslaved people in Confederate ...

Last Civil War Union veteran buried in Osceola County Michigan, Oren Button, honored in ceremony at Forest Hill Cemetery in ...

An incredible weapon capable of some truly impressive destruction, the V36 Laser Carbine will be introduced in a second Milepost Zero update later this month that adds the Blue Ridge Caravan ...