The War of 1812 is an often overlooked war in comparison to other conflicts in American history, but it was still an important one with numerous causes. The war, fought between the United States and ...

The United States has seen its share of wars, but the bloodiest battles fought on American soil occurred largely during the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and conflicts with Indigenous peoples.

As America’s 250th anniversary nears, a key Revolutionary War story on Lake Champlain near Whitehall, New York, is being ...

Civil War historian, author and Hurricane, West Virginia, resident Philip Hatfield hopes to get a battle marker on the land ...

The American Civil War was defined not only by its political and moral issues, but by a series of brutal, high-casualty battles. These conflicts altered the nation’s history and landscape. Fought on ...

When you think about more recent military history, it’s unsurprising that World War II is the centerpiece of most conversations. The last true global conflict, the battles of the Second World War, are ...

On June 13, 1775, runaway horses smashed the carriage ferrying Faith Trumbull Huntington, her husband, and other members of her family to what is now Roxbury, where her brother John was stationed with ...

CLINTON — Remnants of a bloody Revolutionary War battle in the backwoods of Laurens County are finally starting to emerge after being lost to history for 200 years. Historians say the Battle of ...

RIDGEFIELD, Connecticut — What started in 2019 as a suburban home renovation became the discovery of skeletal remains, believed to be of Revolutionary War soldiers, under an 18th-Century house. The ...

On July 5, 1861, the quiet prairie and farmland around Carthage was rocked by the sounds of cannon, muskets, soldiers yelling ...

When it comes to depicting war on the big or small screen, realism is often an asset. Historians and enthusiasts will endlessly critique a film for its realism, especially if it's bad, and rightfully ...

IONIA, Mich. (WLNS) — A newly restored Michigan historical flag carried by Union soldiers in the Civil War is back on display in Ionia County after spending 159 years inside the county courthouse and ...