Before European contact, the Cherokee had a practice of adopting and enslaving prisoners of war from other tribes.

People from across campus gathered together to hear the University of Richmond’s faculty-staff band, SABBATICAL, perform live ...

Part 2 dives into the opening battles of 1861 — when America moved from political conflict to bloody war. From Fort Sumter to ...

As a national holiday, Thanksgiving originated as war propaganda. It was Abe Lincoln in November 1863 who made Thanksgiving a ...

Mississippi hides its treasures in plain sight, and Corinth might be the crown jewel you’ve been driving past all these years. Nestled in the northeastern corner of the Magnolia State, this ...

Corinth, Mississippi might just be the best-kept secret in the Magnolia State – a place where your dollar stretches further than a piece of taffy in the summer sun, but the experiences are richer than ...

The Confederacy’s theory of victory at the start of the Civil War was straightforward — so logical, the historian Emory M.

For more than a century, the Ionia County Courthouse has been home to a piece of American Civil War history — a battle flag sewn by local women and carried by men who formed a volunteer Union regiment ...

Posted: November 19, 2025 | Last updated: November 19, 2025 Chaos erupts as Buck Burnett (James Caan) and the surviving boys are thrown into the brutal Battle of Shiloh, where ideals crumble under ...

HURRICANE, W.Va. — A new Civil War Trails marker was unveiled Friday in Hurricane at the site of an 1863 battle. Installed at ShotFire Fitness, located at 1165 Midland Trail across the road from ...

Ahead of the PBS production’s premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their research process and the surprising, long-overlooked stories featured in the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...