William Carney was the first African American to receive a Medal of Honor. Download this free graphic novel to read his story ...

William Harvey Carney actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect of his fellow ...

COLUMBUS—The Friends of the Polk County Public Libraries has announced the receipt of a large amount of books featuring Civil ...

The Spanish Civil War was a conflict that pitted the Republican government against Spanish Nationalists led by General Francisco Franco from 1936-1939. Families were torn apart as people took sides.

Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...

What happened on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon. An attack on a bus in Beirut plunged the country into 15 ...

Lucy Moore explores how Baker became the most celebrated American in Paris. Lucy Moore - An American in Paris Lucy Moore: An American in Paris - Fearless and Free: A Memoir by Josephine Baker ...

The book tells the true story of Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, the highest-ranking American POW of World War II. Jonathan Horn: Gen. Wainwright was a gritty cavalryman who grew up in Montana not far ...

Last month, Associate Professor of History Michael Vorenberg published his new book, “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War.” The book challenges the traditional narrative that ...

Submitted Photo Pictured is the statue of Governor Reuben Fenton that stands outside the Fenton Museum, with the words of his proclamation engraved below him. April 9 marks the 160th anniversary ...

His latest book, The Rout of Prabhakaran, is a detailed examination of the events that led up to Prabhakaran’s killing and the manner in which the 26-year-long civil war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009.