Gen. John “Black Jack” Pershing was one of only two men ever to be named “general of the Armies of the United States” — ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the ...

Appalachian State University's Department of History — with support from the College of Arts and Sciences — welcomes Dr.

"It's amazing that they were still there and we found them," said Tom Keating, coordinator for the Missing In America Project. "These people have been waiting a long time for a burial." ...

Franklin County historian Mike Marotte shares the story of Jacob Snider, who worked as a bookseller before and after the ...

In the last months of his life, serious doubts were raised about the alleged soldier's age and the claim that he fought in ...

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

be it in the trenches of World War I, the wilderness skirmishes of Civil War militias, or the still-ongoing conflicts that have helped define 21st-century warfare.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and advised him not to escalate the Ukraine war, a source familiar with the conversation ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The attack ended a two-month pause in missile ...