What does Cinco de Mayo celebrate? Brush up on its rich history and modern traditions. (And no, it's not Mexico's ...

Almost exactly 160 years ago, the American Civil War wound down to a messy and anticlimactic end. By December 1864, it was ...

The all-student band performs across the Chicago area, and helps students at the high school reconnect with their Mexican roots, and music they may have heard in their homes growing up.

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861.

Some great TV shows use the American Civil War as a backdrop or as a major narrative pillar. Here are the best ones.

The fight to remove “Lost Cause” memorials suffered some setbacks in part due to the Trump administration’s efforts to ...

More than 160 years after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, echoes of the Civil ...

Live Science reports that archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a forgotten and grim event of the Civil War. On ...

An Iron Brigade soldier’s legacy lives on in his Civil War diary ... with the trauma of war and his wounds. At Gettysburg, “a great many” from the regiment were killed. The Wisconsin 7th retreated ...

The post was originally named for a Confederate. In 2023, it was renamed for the nation's first 4-star Hispanic general.

The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.

Joseph Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Union Gen ... a group of 11 states that fought to preserve slavery during the Civil War. "Organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans ...