Recently the National Archives has completed digitizing maps prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the Civil War. One of these, a military map of Cape Girardeau, appeared years ago, but ...

Construction on Fort C occurred concurrent with the building of the other forts. Fears of attack in summer 1861 fueled a flurry of construction. Over 1,000 Union soldiers, enslaved men, local citizens ...

Historic Fort Vancouver will commemorate its bicentennial less than four years from now in 2025. The fort was originally founded in 1825 by the Hudson’s Bay Company, and later became a U.S. Army base; ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Long before Detroit’s dominance in 20th century American manufacturing, it was a small French fort north of the River Rouge built in the 1700s. After the The Seven Years’ War in 1761, ...