On July 5, 1861, the quiet prairie and farmland around Carthage was rocked by the sounds of cannon, muskets, soldiers yelling and horses galloping. On the weekend of June 6-7, 2026, ...

A local Civil War museum is under new guidance after Carthage Mayor Bren Flanigan recently appointed an oversight board that ...

A lesser-known battle early in the American Civil War may have played a key role in the formation of West Virginia.In the ...

Three-dimensional images and digital illustrations offer a detailed new look at the USS Monitor, an important Civil War ship ...

Members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War held a ceremony for Samuel Johnson, a union soldier during the U.S.

Annie’s public efforts made the invisible labor of so many women visible on a massive scale during a critical time in Iowa and U.S. history.

Louisa Brandt, a doctoral candidate at UC Davis, will present “Improving Californian Respectability: Women’s Participation in ...

Small, new and experiencing hard time, Iowa nevertheless emerged from the Civil War as a national leader. Its Capitol still ...

This is an installment in a multi-part series.  Mourning rituals are important cultural markers throughout history. Through ...