It will be known as the third Battle of Newtonia. In September of 1862, the American Civil War was in its second year. In southwest Missouri, the tiny area of Newtonia, south and east of Neosho, would ...
Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...
The first military commander to oversee the occupation of New Orleans after the Civil War wasn't all good or all bad. But some things just stuck deeper in the collective memory.
The American Civil War, 1862-1865, saw 1,646 soldiers enlist from Sauk County; 285 of those died during that conflict.
About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the gray skies above the Diomede Islands were heavy with smoke from whaling ships set ablaze by Confederate sailors who ...