Compared to the scope of other violent, drawn-out clashes during the Civil War, the Battle of Fort Myers 150 years ago this month was a minor, half-day skirmish. But the encounter was one more win for ...

MONTGOMERY -- The last battle of the War of 1812 wasn't the Battle of New Orleans, at which U.S. troops led by Andrew Jackson defeated British troops on Jan. 8, 1815. Instead, the last battle of the ...

This Memorial Day weekend, the Southwest Florida Military Museum is taking Fort Myers back to Civil War times. All the way back to Feb. 20, 1865, when there was a real fortress in Fort Myers and a ...

In the early 1800s, the Western world was like a gigantic, real life game of Risk. The Napoleonic Era was coming to a close. The United States and Haiti were newly independent. Several independence ...

Today is the 200th anniversary of the Battle/Massacre of Fort Dearborn; here are some good reads to catch you up on Chicago's oldest news: * "The True Story of the Deadly Encounter at Fort Dearborn," ...

NORFOLK, Va. — I recently visited Fort Norfolk and got the tour from Steven Forrest, a Fort Norfolk Historian with the Norfolk Historical Society. "Fort Norfolk is one of the most unique forts in the ...

Robbins secured the traveling rights to the Missionary Ridge Cyclorama in 1889 and took it around the country, starting in ...

Fort Ligonier Days pays tribute to the 18th century British outpost that lent its name to the modern town of Ligonier. But, full appreciation of the festival’s origin doesn’t appear to be widespread ...