As the final months of the American Civil War unfolded, we follow how a long-fractured nation moved from brutal fighting toward a conclusive end. From Grant’s relentless pressure on Confederate armies ...

Today, we commemorate the 81st anniversary of the legendary Battle of the Bulge—the largest and deadliest battle fought by American forces in the Second ...

Explore the East Side neighborhood where artist Edward Bannister and his entrepreneur wife, Christiana Carteaux, mingled with ...

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A cadet at Virginia Military Institute is revealing medical mysteries from the 19th century using 21st century technology.

Voter groups and minority activists are urging Gov. DeSantis and the GOP-led Legislature to back off plans to redraw ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation. It ...

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 ...

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...

Hundreds of thousands of Americans North and South fought in the Civil War, including a Union drummer boy named Albert Woolson. He couldn’t have known it in 1864 when he enlisted at age 14, but at the ...

Co-anchor, "CBS Evening News;" Chief political analyst and senior national correspondent; Contributo Award-winning journalist and author John Dickerson is co-anchor of the" CBS Evening News" and chief ...

“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED. It’s impossible to look around and not wonder whether the US is teetering on the ...