Tuberculosis (TB) was a well-established global affliction during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The disease—commonly referred...

The American Civil War’s third full year of combat was its most vicious and destructive yet. The Battles of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and...

Major General Ambrose E. Burnside lasted only a single campaign as head of the Army of the Potomac. His abject failure at Fredericksburg,...

1862 was a calamitous year for the Union Army of the Potomac. George B. McClellan’s failed Peninsular Campaign and inability to vanquish...

Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, his family’s 3,000-acre plantation in Albemarle County, Virginia. His father,...

Long before the installation of maritime navigation aids, coastal Virginia was a vast wilderness unadulterated by European...

Established in 1757, Halifax, North Carolina, was originally an inland port that connected backcountry communities to bustling trade...

Prior to the Revolutionary War, the American colonies—rife with natural resources—were practically devoid of any large-scale industrial...

“There have been higher bridges not so long and longer bridges not so high, but taking the height and length together, this is, perhaps,...

The emergence of locomotive engines during the early 19th century revolutionized the capabilities of commerce and transportation across...