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

That’s because that was the year that Union forces took the city scant weeks after the Battle of Fort Sumter, which means that some of the war’s first casualities fell here. After that occurred, ...

After the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, the Massachusetts militia organized into longer-serving ...

Fairhaven Village Militia to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the first naval battle of the American Revolution, fought off Fairhaven’s shores.

Not even the tire fire that was Game 1 of the Battle of Ontario could douse the energy pulsing through the newly revived Sens Mile. For the first time in eight years, Ottawa fans flooded Elgin ...

Key Highlight: Fort Sumter is a must-see, especially for kids and history buffs. You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861.

CHARLESTON, Saturday, April 15, 1865. I have already given you as full a report as your crowded columns will admit, of the proceedings at Fort Sumter on the occasion of the raising of the national ...

Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez was suspended as garrison commander of Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, on April 18, according to a statement from the U.S. Army Reserve. “This suspension is not related to any ...

A highlight is the surrender flag from Fort Sumter, waved during the Civil War when Maj. Robert Anderson surrendered the fort to Confederate forces. The artifact is accompanied by a detailed ...