British blockade-runners played an important role in the fortunes of the Southern States during the American Civil War and influenced the development of steamship design and speed. A large number of ...

Of critical importance was the harbor of Wilmington, North Carolina, which was one of the last major ports open to the Confederacy during the Civil War. Blockade runners like the Lilian were fast, low ...

What did the Civil War do to railroading? The changes were rapid, profound, lasting, and formed the real basis of truly ...

ALLEGAN, Mich. — Six local soldiers of the Civil War were honored with gravestones in Allegan on Saturday. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Friends of Allegan’s Oakwood ...

California was never a hotbed of Civil War action, but the Golden State — and the Bay Area in particular — played a major role. The riches of the Gold Rush didn’t just line the pockets of ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

Florida was the third state to secede from the Union during the Civil War. Around 15,000 Floridians ... and thus much of the blockade. And it was rife with loyalists and home to federal ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s top aides were reportedly fighting a vicious “turf war” in the lead-up to three of them being fired, accused of leaking information to the press. Hegseth had ...

Israel's fifty-plus-day blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza "clearly constitutes a war crime", the Taoiseach has said. There must be an immediate resumption of unhindered humanitarian ...

Perhaps a first step is to examine the path that was taken. Lebanon is marking 50 years since the first shots of a civil war fuelled by sea change in the wider region. Today, with Assad out in ...

Stunt coordinator Cory DeMeyers breaks down the elaborate Civil War battle — which all takes place in one unbroken shot — that opened this season of "The Righteous Gemstones." The Season 4 ...

Two years into Sudan’s civil war, civilians in Darfur are under siege as peace talks stall and violence escalates. Two years into Sudan’s civil war, civilians in Darfur are under siege as ...