Many of Lima’s 2,000 citizens were in church that sunny Sunday morning in April 1861 when the excited talk of war on the ...
In 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union, the same day the Star of the West, a merchant vessel bringing reinforcements and supplies to Federal troops at Fort Sumter, South ...
In 1999, echocardiogram tech Nancy Lind monitors Saint Anthony’s new device ...
A culture clash driven by finances and Old World alignments had the Big Apple contemplating leaving the Union. The Civil War ...
Four historians told The Washington Post that while the British were defeated in Yorktown, Virginia — not in South Carolina — ...
An old schoolhouse in downtown Charleston that once housed a kindergarten and Confederate Museum is up for sale. Bids start ...
The Battle of the Alamo in 1836 resulted in victory by Mexico, but was soon followed by independence for Texas.
The Battle of Kasserine Pass was America's first major fight against the European Axis in World War II. It turned into one of ...
Ernest Richardson, of Sumter, passed away at Oak Hollow Nursing Home on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, at the age of 74.  Ernest was born on Jan. 4, 1952, to the late Isaac and Dorothy Hood Richardson.
Captain Charles T. Boyd knew his orders. General John J. Pershing had told him to avoid a fight. But on June 21, 1916, ...
This image shows a cyclorama building from 1894 (though it is not the cyclorama that was in Fort Worth). Courtesy Richard Selcer Cycloramas were a form of three-dimensional art hugely popular in the ...