Edda Fields-Black wanted to make her historical account of a Union Army raid led by Harriet Tubman on southern plantations and rice fields as authentic as ...

Bones found 10 years ago during excavations for Riverfront Park were determined to be Union soldiers and were properly ...

Two authors of books about two important Civil War and Reconstruction congressmen will speak and sign their books at a free ...

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The Department of History's Edda Fields-Black has been named a recipient of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for her research on Harriet Tubman.

Carnegie Mellon University Professor Edda L. Fields-Black on Monday won a 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History for her book “Combee ...

Historians, veterans, and Rockford residents gathered at Veterans Memorial Hall to learn about the history of local abolitionists and the challenges faced by abolitionists during the Civil War.

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Uniforms are used for identification as well as to provide a sense of unity during any conflict, and the American Civil War ...

View Full Image Chart: The Economist Since returning to office in January, Mr Trump has revved up the “war on terror". We have examined American anti-terrorist strikes in four countries.

His 2023 book, “The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War,” was a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist for Nonfiction, and his book, “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the ...

Chart: The Economist Since returning to office in January, Mr Trump has revved up the “war on terror”. The Economist has examined American anti-terrorist strikes in four countries. In Somalia ...