Charleston in the 1700s: History, Development, and Daily Life

The 1763 Proclamation Act—often called simply the Proclamation of 1763—was a British imperial policy issued in October 1763 to organize North American territories after the...

The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863) was fundamentally fought over two intertwined issues: the survival of the United States as one nation and the fate of slavery in Amer...

Alcatraz Island operated as a federal penitentiary for 29 years. The United States Army first used the island for detention in the Civil War era, but it was the Federal Bureau o...