To spend some time, she and her cohorts in the carriage sang a few of the war songs so popular those days, among them, "John Brown's Body," which contained the provocative words, "John Brown's ...

It is said that John Brown was the spark that started the Civil War. Truly, he marked the end of compromise over the issue of slavery, and it was not long after his death that John Brown's war ...

A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War. Thoreau’s deification of John Brown should be a reminder of the perils of glorifying political violence in the name of any ideal. John Brown ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown and his team launched a raid on a federal armory located in Harpers Ferry which was located in the ...

Vicious partisan attacks against a former, and possibly future, president violate the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

And Brown may not have ended the war on slavery, but some say he had a pretty big role in starting the war. “Walt Whitman called John Brown the mediator of the war,” Baldau said.

It starts at Lockwood House, which overlooks what was Harper Cemetery. Originally built in 1848 as housing for the armory ...

For the past few days, I've battled my fear by thinking about other times in American history when the outcome was uncertain, ...

A volley from a gun fired by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery from nearby Horse Guards Parade rang out to signal the ...

So, ultimately who won the Boer War? Regardless, honouring those from this area who fought and who died is worthy of respect.

The relentless determination that powered 40-year-old Sam Brown through West Point, combat in Afghanistan and an arduous ...

John Kennedy hit the campaign trail for Nevada ... their concerns and accomplishing the mission." Brown, a war veteran who sustained serious injuries from an IED explosion during a 2008 deployment ...