The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was rati...  ...itizenship for formerly enslaved people after the Civil War . Political leaders argued over whether it covered...

Embed from Getty ImagesThe 1939 film Gone With t...  ...p opera about one Georgia woman's life during the Civil War , based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Mitc...  ...ve generations of viewers a distorted idea of the Civil War era South. The movie was shaped by many scenes th...

Neal V. Loving was born in 1916 and grew up with a...  ...was only 20 years old. When the US entered World War II, Loving founded a Black unit of the Civil Air Patrol and trained pilots himself. In 1944, a...

It has been estimated that up to 10% of the Union...  ...made up of volunteers below the age of 18 in the Civil War . Boys as young as 14 would sign up by lying about...  ...ement varied on both sides over the course of the war . Both armies were considerate of the tender age o...  ...he tender age of these sold...

When you lose your teeth, you could have a set of...  ...practice continued at least through the American Civil War . They were expensive and gruesome, but they worke...

Beginning in the late 18th century, it became the...  ...ew Jersey residents.The trend died out around the Civil War , but then re-emerged with the rise of photography...

In 1628, the Dutch East India Company launched the...  ...a ruse, which eventually turned into a full-blown war between the islands. Only 92 people were left whe...  ...en fewer by the time they were all transported to civilization

In the 1860s, separate railroad companies worked t...  ...westward. They employed Irish laborers along with Civil War veterans and formerly enslaved workers. The Centr...

The history of ketchup, or catsup, goes way back....  ...tomatoes to make the sauce last longer. After the Civil war , commercial food companies started mass-producing...

Did you hear the one about the foot doctor who owe...  ...f a team of podiatrists for the Union Army in the Civil War , but the idea was not taken seriously. However, a...  ...of spy missions disguised as diplomacy during the war . Once Lincoln was assassinated, Zacharie quickly...