The final artillery shot of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s vanquished army boomed from the top of a small hill in the village of Appomattox Court House. In the early afternoon of April 9, 1865, ...

Civil War, the fight for equality continues. This article explores the ongoing struggle for racial justice in America.

Shell PLC discovered oil in the Norphlet formation near Appomattox in the Gulf of Mexico, said INEOS Energy in a Dec. 22 release. The Nashville exploration well was drilled more than 5 miles beneath ...

APPOMATTOX CO., Va. – The Appomattox County Fire Department announced Tuesday that two adults sustained minor injuries and two kids sustained injuries, including one child who is in serious but stable ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer who served in President Ulysses S. Grant’s cabinet, was posthumously admitted Friday, Nov. 14 to the New York State Bar, ...

After Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox, each chose a hero to represent them in the formal surrender ceremonies that took place over the next three days. Grant chose Maj. Gen.

Parker was at Grant's side for Gen. Robert E. Lee's 1865 surrender in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, where he was tasked with writing out the final terms that the generals signed. Grant later chose ...

Inside the freezing encirclement of Stalingrad, German troops faced starvation, relentless Soviet attacks, and shattered morale. Soldiers reveal the brutal reality of dwindling supplies, fading hope, ...

A healthy baby girl was safely surrendered in Racine, marking the first use of a Safe Haven baby box in Wisconsin. Wisconsin’s Safe Haven law, signed in 2023, allows parents to surrender infants at ...

This program originally aired on March 16, 2025. When did the Civil War end? We commonly say it’s a fact that it concluded on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox, where Confederate General Robert E. Lee ...

The Appomattox County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a pair of local teens. Zoey Robertson and Anthony Wirth, both 17, were last seen in Appomattox County on Aug. 29. They were involved in a ...