Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amid the 4th of July parades, barbecues, pool parties and other get-togethers, this holiday is also a great time to get lost in a ...

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s installment tests your knowledge of the American Revolution and popular books written about ...

George Washington had Florida on his mind during the American Revolution ― a lot. The Father of the Nation was concerned about a British invasion coming from the South, specifically East and West ...

The American Revolution happened in Eastern North Carolina, although some history books seem to forget it. For example, "This Fierce People," an otherwise excellent study by David Pell Crawford on the ...

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant embraced Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, but it was Gen. William T. Sherman and his destruction of Atlanta — and subsequent march through Georgia — that paved the ...