Despite achieving national sovereignty through the Revolutionary War, the United States experienced limited economic independence during...

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens consistently ranks among the top tourist attractions in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a...

Between 1776 and 1947, Fort Moultrie served as the guardian of Charleston Harbor. The defensive work endured a baptism by fire during the...

On December 5, 1695, Reverend Joseph Lord—a Puritan minister from Massachusetts—and several dozen members of his congregation boarded the...

On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired upon the Federal garrison at Fort Sumter—an island fortress centered in Charleston Harbor,...

On December 21, 1864, the port city of Savannah, Georgia, unconditionally surrendered to Major General William Tecumseh Sherman and his...

Maintained in an exceptional state of preservation, Drayton Hall encapsulates early American history with irreplicable authenticity. This...

An ethereal environment lies beneath the hills of Kentucky; a gargantuan natural phenomenon unrivaled in magnitude and sublimity. Mammoth...

On August 4, 1892, a horrific crime of seismic proportions sent shockwaves through the headlines. An elderly New England couple...

From humble beginnings as a family still in the Kentucky bluegrass, Jim Beam has evolved into the world’s best-selling bourbon—the...

After christening the new year with a hard-fought victory at Stones River, the Federal war effort in Middle Tennessee stalled during the...

When Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant assumed command of all Federal armies in March 1864, he endeavored to strategize a cohesive war...

The socioeconomic programs of Reconstruction stimulated extensive infrastructural development within the former Confederate states....

The scientific innovations conceived during the Second Industrial Revolution stimulated technological advancements in transportation,...

In February 1807, Virginia-born planter John Harding and his wife, Susannah Shute, purchased a 250-acre homestead seven miles south of...

Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee, between 1846 and 1850—period archival records were destroyed in an...

Mosquito Inlet—first charted in April 1513 by Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon—was a relatively uninhabited estuary during the...

Located in St. Augustine, Florida, Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest surviving example of European masonry fortifications in America....

Tuberculosis (TB) was a well-established global affliction during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The disease—commonly referred...

The American Civil War’s third full year of combat was its most vicious and destructive yet. The Battles of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and...