This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

MANSFIELD, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A source recently told KTAL NBC 6 that a man who lost his leg during the Civil War still haunts an old college for women that once operated in Mansfield, Louisiana. But ...

Kourtland Marcotte didn’t know that Black soldiers played such significant roles in Civil War battles, like the Battle of Vicksburg. The incoming Peabody Magnet High School senior and speech and ...

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 ...

Louisiana provided over 24,000 soldiers of color to fight for the Union during the Civil War, more than any other state, and ...

The Louisiana state historic marker near the Pinhook Bridge says two battles took place there in 1863: "Bayou Vermilion," it says. "Battle of Pinhook Bridge April 17, 1863. Battle of Bayou Vermilion ...

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

Photo courtesy Office of the Lieutenant Governor. After more than 30 years in the making, the Louisiana Civil Rights Museum plans to open October 8 in New Orleans. The museum, located inside the ...