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How the Wilderness Set Grant’s Relentless Strategy in Motion

How the Wilderness Set Grant’s Relentless Strategy in Motion

The Battle of the Wilderness, fought from May 5 to 7, 1864, marked the beginning of Union General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign during the A...

How Henry M. Rector Helped Drive Arkansas to Secession

How Henry M. Rector Helped Drive Arkansas to Secession

Rector played a pivotal role in Arkansas' decision to secede from the Union in 1861. His actions and rhetoric during this tumultuous period were in...

Isaac Murphy Cast the Lone Vote Against Arkansas Secession

Isaac Murphy Cast the Lone Vote Against Arkansas Secession

The Arkansas Secession Convention of 1861 was a pivotal event in the state's history, marking a decisive moment in its journey toward secession fro...

Southern Republicans press ahead with election-year redistricting of US House despite protests

Southern Republicans press ahead with election-year redistricting of US House despite protests

Republicans are rapidly pursuing redistricting efforts across the South following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affects majority-Black congressional districts

Inside the Medal of Honor Stories From the Wilderness

Inside the Medal of Honor Stories From the Wilderness

The Battle of the Wilderness, fought from May 5 to 7, 1864, during the American Civil War, was a brutal and chaotic engagement that resulted in nea...

Tennessee lawmakers to vote on new US House map sought by Trump that carves up Memphis

Tennessee lawmakers to vote on new US House map sought by Trump that carves up Memphis

Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are debating a plan to reshape a majority-Black congressional district

Today Marks a Fight Where Terrain Shaped the Outcome

Today Marks a Fight Where Terrain Shaped the Outcome

The Battle of the Wilderness, fought from May 5 to 7, 1864, during the American Civil War, took place in a region known as the Wilderness in Virgin...

This Day in History: Fort Sumter Shifted Arkansas’ Future

This Day in History: Fort Sumter Shifted Arkansas’ Future

In the early 1860s, the United States was on the brink of a civil war, with tensions between the Northern and Southern states reaching a boiling po...

Big QB Is First 2028 Alabama Commit

Big QB Is First 2028 Alabama Commit

The Crimson Tide commitment will never be confused with Bryce Young.

Tennessee Republicans will consider redrawing US House district covering majority-Black Memphis

Tennessee Republicans will consider redrawing US House district covering majority-Black Memphis

Tennessee becomes the latest Southern state to consider redrawing its congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court severely weakened the Voting Rights Act

South Carolina joins Southern redistricting push after US Supreme Court ruling on minority districts

South Carolina joins Southern redistricting push after US Supreme Court ruling on minority districts

Republicans are rapidly pursuing redistricting efforts across the South following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affects majority-Black congressional districts

Troy Topples Tide, 6-1

Troy Topples Tide, 6-1

Alabama lost to Troy 6-1 on Tuesday night