Thirteen Medal of Honor recipients retraced the route of the Civil War’s Great Locomotive Chase on Tuesday, a historic event that led to the awarding of the very first Medals of Honor in 1863.

The burning of Columbia during the Civil War was likely not entirely Sherman’s fault, historians say, despite what many were taught in the 150 years since.

Cecily Zander, an assistant professor of history at the University of Wyoming, has earned the 2025 Center for Civil War Research’s Wiley-Silver Prize for the best first book in Civil War history.

Welcome to House of History. Today marks the 1 year anniversary of the channel - it has grown to the extent that I had never imagined a year ago and the viewership base is one that I am very happy ...

When the Confederacy captured the Ironclad uss Indianola during the American Civil War, the Union's Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter thought up a ruse to make sure it wouldn't be salvaged and used ...

In select Southern towns, history isn’t confined to textbooks or museum walls. It’s woven into everyday life, ready to be discovered in unexpected ways.

"The Spirit of Freedom Celebration" connects IPS students with historical reenactors demonstrating the crucial role African Americans played in the Civil War.

Catherine Aselford portrays one of the founders of Mount Olivet United Methodist Church (staff photo by Scott McCaffrey) Historical re-enactors brought names from the past to life at the Mount Olivet ...

On Sept. 24, more than 70 people gathered at Jamestown Settlement’s Robins Foundation Theater for “Introducing Jamestown 1862,” a lecture series that unveiled an exciting new piece of Jamestown ...

Twenty-two Black soldiers died in the Simpsonville Massacre, buried in a mass grave, their final resting place unknown.

Labor Day Weekend 2025, I felt like a real Jasper County Historian. It began with an appointment on Friday with a former judge from Wabash, Indiana, James “Jim” Jarrette. He had a very special framed ...