Below is an abbreviated history of everyday objects purchased during the Civil War Era. It was shared by Historian James Ayers, and taken from a 1939 Catskill Mountain News.

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

In the complex tapestry of American history, the rules governing what enslaved people could or couldn’t wear played a ...

Nestled in the heart of Minnesota’s lake country, Detroit Lakes holds a treasure trove waiting to be discovered by curious ...

Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions ...

Welcome to Smiley’s Flea Market in Macon, Georgia, where bargain hunters and curiosity seekers alike can embark on a ...

Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...

Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in ...

The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...

Recipes from a time when Southern infrastructure was a long way from being restored, but families had to keep everyone fed.

A tenuous ceasefire has ended the hostilities in Gaza but the deep impacts of that conflict on Australian society continue to ...

Gloria Jeans, Russia’s largest clothing manufacturer, is shutting down its production facilities in Shakhty and Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast, due to significant personnel outflow to the war against ...