This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to ...

The population of Morgan dipped, but it still had the state's 13th-largest population, at 16,064, in 1850. Macoupin and Greene counties also were among Illinois counties with the highest population, ...

Solomon Thorn’s involvement in early Illinois land claims was marred by disputed signatures and debt lawsuits, leaving a ...

The Lewis and Clark State Historic Site in Hartford, IL is hosting its annual Point of Departure Commemoration on May 10-11 ...

Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. As it advanced, the Russian army retreated, and by September Napoleon's army had marched 470 miles into the depths of Russia. 70 ...

Republican North Carolina Rep. Tim Moore posted a viral video showing a hidden passageway under the floorboards of the ...

But rather than sort through these people, to do the hard, slow work of separating the vicious from the well-meaning, the ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois legislators ... suffering associated with the Vietnam War. A Vietnam War refugee now serving at the Statehouse joined military veteran lawmakers to mark 50 years ...