The January 2025 meeting of the Civil War Round Table of Gettysburg featured Dr. Christian B. Keller speaking to his book, “Southern Strategies: Why The Confederacy Failed,” published in 2021 ...

Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...

The Telegraph shadowed doctors risking their lives despite daunting obstacles – from airstrikes to drug shortages and frozen ...

To so many soldiers who trained and served at the Army post, the name meant something well beyond its original namesake.

By Farooq A. KperogiIn the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is celebrated every February, I am continuing my tradition of writing columns that focus on the unique experiences, trials, ...

During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...

If there is one general that could be considered as having single-handedly lost the Civil War for the Confederates, it’s John ...

Newmark's book Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons. In addition to being the first Black Canadian to be licensed as a physician, Newmark ...

says the author of the book Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons. (Toronto Public Library - image credit) ...