On this day before our Independence day, The Battle of Gettysburg ended, signaling the end of the Civil War that took over 600,000 lives. The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil ...

Maryland’s Civil War Country Seeks a Softer Side The novelist Nora Roberts’s small hotel in Boonsboro, Md., not far from the Antietam battle, highlights the softer side of Civil War country.

Without getting too bogged down in history, here’s a quick overview of the American Civil War. Between 1861 and 1865, the U.S. was at war with itself, with the Union representing the North, and ...

One of the least-remembered heroes in Maine history is a man who “participated in many of the most severe battles” of the American Civil War, then returned home to become a commercial success ...

At the end of the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history ... putting himself in the top rank of the 45 men who have held the job. In his State of the Union address in March, he said ...

At the end of the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history ... putting himself in the top rank of the 45 men who have held the job. In his State of the Union address in March, he said ...

As we celebrate our nation’s independence, many may be surprised to learn that a Revolutionary War battle took place in ...

Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...

Dubbed “Clash in the Catskills,” reenactors from the 144th New York reenactment Group will portray Union and Confederate soldiers to reenact two battles of the Civil War June 21 and 22.

In January of that year, as the Civil War was coming to an end, a group of Black soldiers with the 5th United States Colored Calvary out of Camp Nelson were herding cattle to Louisville when they ...