Wartime songs, or "ditties" (an old-fashioned term for poems with catchy tunes), create camaraderie among troops yearning for places, people, and things they've left behind. These tunes live long ...

This weekend, more than 2,000 people will participate in the reenactment of the Battle of Bentonville on the 160th anniversary of this Civil War battle. It will take place an hour south of Raleigh at ...

With the song "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)," the musical "Hamilton" re-popularized the crucial role many foreign military leaders played in helping the original Thirteen Colonies gain their ...

PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WCHS) — The city of Prestonsburg is getting ready to make history come alive next month. Several hundred people are expected to participate in a Civil War re-enactment of The Battle ...

Territorial Colorado was still years away from statehood and had only about 34,000 citizens when the American Civil War tore ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. — An anniversary of what can arguably be called the first land battle of the American Civil War will be noted during a vespers service Wednesday night at the Carthage site where both ...