This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The names of ...

Achilles Harris was a husband, father, and private from a town named Athens in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. He wrote home to his wife Rebecca from the start of the American Civil War, when he left ...

From Baton Rouge to Lynchburg, this artisan digs into documentary production design through costuming, sets, props and makeup.

He wasn't popular in the South at the Civil War's end, and in many ways, he still isn't. But that didn't keep Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman from returning to Louisiana after scorching a path through ...

Join us for an unforgettable metal detecting adventure in Port Hudson, Louisiana—site of the longest siege in U.S. history. We uncover an astonishing Civil War-era sword and a massive 20-pound Parrott ...

The historic Nottoway Resort in White Castle, a former plantation home and the largest remaining antebellum mansion in the U.S. South, burned to the ground Thursday as flames engulfed the 160-year-old ...

In the United State's South, plantation homes and properties are major attractions for both tourists and history buffs, and these plantations also serve as significant historical sites. Louisiana is ...

Baton Rouge has served as Louisiana's permanent capital for 146 years, however, four different cities served as the state's capital in the past.

PITTSBURGH-As the Civil War was raging, thousands of American readers would wait to get news on the conflict every seven days from Harper’s Weekly, then the most widely-read periodical in the United ...

Civil War reenactments have drawn more attendees after the removal of statues. Before showtime, pots and pans are some of the tools reenactor Tanya Haessly makes the most use of as a camp cook, ...

Cecily Zander, an assistant professor of history at the University of Wyoming, has earned the 2025 Center for Civil War Research’s Wiley-Silver Prize for the best first book in Civil War history. This ...