While the population of these states may not match California and Texas, together this army quietly controls a large portion ...

Armed with a 160-year-old Civil War map and trusty metal detectors, we set out on a journey through time. From forgotten battlegrounds to hidden treasures, every beep of the detector brings us closer ...

A Civil War map in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland reads, “S. E. Missouri, Country Around Ironton” on its ...

After the election of President Lincoln in 1860, seven southern states seceded and Civil War broke out, followed by four years of bloody fighting and the loss of 617,000 American lives.

Since the Civil War, presidential contests have been dominated by America's two major political parties – the Republicans and the Democrats. But over the last 150 years, state allegiance to ...