"His long and distinguished career as a commissioned officer in the United States Army made him a popular figure of his time ...

The artifact also could help illuminate the broader economic ties with the U.S. military as well as lesser known stories ...

In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...

The City of Boise was platted on July 7, 1863. It became the capital of Idaho Territory on Dec. 24, 1864. But there was a ...

Virginia did not allow Black residents to vote until after the Civil War. But during the war, a group of Black soldiers in ...

After the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3 1863), taken in conjunction with Grant’s capture of Vicksburg on ...

On November 7, 1864, Syracuse’s Republican mayor ... was barreling towards what most contemporary observers viewed as the ...

This column is composed a week or so in advance of being printed in the newspaper. A contentious election will have taken ...

Nevada became the 36th state on Oct. 31, 1864. It was the second of two states added to the Union during the Civil War. Nevada is one of the only states to become much bigger after its admission ...

India has experienced many such cyclones, and here is a list of the most destructive cyclones in India’s history. Considered one of the most destructive cyclones not just in India but in the ...

The last battle of that raid was in Newtonia on Oct. 28, 1864. “No other mounted operation of the war ... compares in magnitude to Price’s attempt to conquer Missouri in the fall of 1864 ...

• WHAT: A group of up to 22 Confederates robbed three banks in downtown St. Albans. • WHO WAS INVOLVED: They were led by Lt. Bennett Young and all had escaped from Union prisons and went to ...