Port Hudson, Louisiana - once the site of a fierce Civil War siege—is now the backdrop for one of our most exciting relic hunts. Join us as we uncover a soldier’s sword, an artillery shell from the ...

Here’s a thoughtful list of meaningful places where you can pay your respects to Black military personnel this Memorial Day ...

We’re celebrating ten years of Our Rich History. You can browse and read any of the past columns, from the present all the ...

No Union victory in the Civil War came easier than the capture of New Orleans. When Union forces sailed up the Mississippi River in 1862 — just over a year after Louisiana seceded — the city ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ... They call the battle “the river of death.” On the Confederate side of the war, faith remained important too. Lee was a lifelong ...

As the deadliest war in United States history, the Civil War is a period many would ... Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

Muller, who has been researching Civil War history in the region ... to our understanding of the War in Louisiana, Muller said this skirmish was no Battle of Gettysburg or Shiloh, but to the ...

Image of John Achilles Harris of Athens, Louisiana, a Civil War soldier who ... the great Greek hero of Achilles in battle with Hector during the Trojan War — this time in a farmer’s field ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. — A reenactment of the Civil War battle that was called “the first serious conflict between United States troops and the rebels” will be staged Sunday. Several hundred ...