Fort Sumter, an island fortification located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, is most famous for being the site of the first battle of the American Civil War. Originally constructed in 1829 as a ...

In September of 1814, 1,000 American patriots heroically defended our young Nation’s sovereignty at the Battle of Fort McHenry, where they halted the British invasion of Baltimore in a critical ...

Dig at Boston site reveals ammunition intriguing finds from 1775 clash that launched revolutionary war in earnest Generations of Boston families played and picnicked on the grassy, sloping lawns of ...

MONTGOMERY -- The last battle of the War of 1812 wasn't the Battle of New Orleans, at which U.S. troops led by Andrew Jackson defeated British troops on Jan. 8, 1815. Instead, the last battle of the ...

Compared to the scope of other violent, drawn-out clashes during the Civil War, the Battle of Fort Myers 150 years ago this month was a minor, half-day skirmish. But the encounter was one more win for ...

April 12 marks the anniversary of the start of the American Civil War in 1861. In Charleston, SC, the American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard's artillery ...

BOSTON (AP) — Generations of Boston families played and picnicked on the grassy, sloping lawns of the Bunker Hill Monument. Musket balls and other artifacts from one of the American Revolution’s most ...