Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...

With its rich red Georgian façade, the exquisite Ranger’s House on the edge of Greenwich Park provides the perfect backdrop ...

Tickets are available to hear Atkinson talk about his newest book Monday. He'll appear downtown at the First Presbyterian Church.

Whether the debate is occasioned by a polemical book or a movie like last year’s “Civil War,” I consistently take the negative on the question of whether the United States is headed for a ...

The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865.

What are the origins of Memorial Day? The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865 ...

The best Vietnam War books from Tim O’Brien, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and others offer new insights and perspectives into the conflict that you probably never got from history class.

There are many misconceptions about Florida's history, including the state's stance on, or involvement in, the Civil War — which officially began April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces opened ...

Many Indian media houses stationed journalists in Colombo throughout the Sri Lankan civil war. The Hindu was among the first to post a foreign correspondent there (in 1983). At the height of the war ...

It proved to be her last, for she died two years later, leaving the Scottish King James VI to inherit the Tudor crown. When Elizabeth left Basing, home of the Marquess of Winchester, the Venetian ...

No wonder Dinshaw felt an affinity with him. Friends in Youth: Choosing Sides in the English Civil War Minoo Dinshaw Allen Lane, 544pp, £30 Purchasing a book may earn the NS a commission from Bookshop ...