While teaching military history at the Air Force Academy, I noticed that many cadets saw war in simple terms, mainly as a matter of winning or losing. But war is ...

According to the pension document filed by Govea Clampitt in 1818 he was born approximately 1749. He likely came from North Carolina before ending up in Blount County. His first ...

Hollywood’s long-standing relationship with historical battles has resulted in many spectacular, action-packed war movies. However, not all of them accurately ...

“Myths About Lee’s Surrender” is the subject for the March 11 Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable. The Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable invites everyone to an evening of American Civil ...

John Steuart Curry's "Tragic Prelude." In October 1859, a small town at the junction of two rivers became the focal point of one of the most dramatic and consequential events in American history. John ...

Discover Bennett Place in North Carolina, where the Civil War ended and history comes alive on the site of the largest Confederate surrender.

The late Robert Duvall 's most famous role was Stetson-wearing Lt. Col. Kilgore in Apocalypse Now, but RadarOnline.com can reveal the swaggering soldier was based in reality. Duvall drew on a ...

In 1792, federal law barred African Americans from bearing arms in the U.S. Army, even though they had served in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Yet ...

Besides a partisan difference, the two candidates have a generational difference, too. Pecoraro is 63. Tylec is 29.

A Virginia court heard arguments Tuesday over the Digital Gateway project that would border Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Explore Fort Pulaski near Savannah Georgia, a historic coastal defense fort known for its impressive masonry, rich Civil War ...

Kid Rock and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. teamed up for a viral video campaign for the Make America Healthy Again initiative, but viewers were left scratching their heads ...