The Harrison Family Farm in Greenville County has been growing since the 1950s. Steve Harrison explains how they sustain 147 ...

The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of the Civil War — on the Union-occupied ...

Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

Orange Park's Don Hillhouse, a "serious amateur" history researcher, scoured the National Archives for records of Union ...

The St. Louis region is gearing up for yet another snowstorm expected Tuesday morning through early Wednesday. Areas ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every state's nickname.

One can hardly imagine what the night of Feb. 17, 1865, must have been like in Charleston. Hours before surrendering to Union ...

Nestled along the coast of South Carolina, Beaufort is a hidden gem that’s been polishing its shine for over 300 years. This ...

Beaufort, pronounced “BYOO-fert” (not to be confused with its North Carolina namesake), is a gem nestled along the coast of ...

Did you know that Confederate Missouri leaders actually moved to Shreveport and then Marshall, Texas, to establish the ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...