Black Union soldiers who were part of the United States Colored Cavalry were driving a herd of cattle near Simpsonville, ...

A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, sold for $468,000 at an Ohio auction house last month.

Two trailblazers are reflecting on the 25th anniversary of Vermont's civil unions law, a once-divisive issue they now view as a step toward greater equality ...