In April of 1865, Raleigh found itself under the uncomfortable thumb of the Union army, a horde of 15,000 led by the hated Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, all of them perched on top of Dix Hill ...

As the soldiers marched, they would hammer out, in folk-song fashion, the tune that Julia Ward Howe would later hear. Lines like "His Soul's Marching On" were meant to tease the Scotsman.

Around 1,500 troops that had fought in Ukraine were among 11,000 marching on Red Square. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

President Vladimir Putin vowed on Friday that Russia would win in Ukraine as the Soviet Union had in World War II, as he ...