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

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

Their marching orders are to apprehend the attention of families the weekend of May 6 and 7, explained Wayne Williams, a commander of the Ohio Civil War Show.

Friendly editors returned the favor, marching with the Wide Awakes and pushing their readers to form more clubs, like the Indiana newspaperman who nudged: “Cannot such an organization be gotten up in ...

Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday.

TRUMBULL COUNTY BLOOMFIELD — The Civil War will be showcased during a living history event 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Center Brook ...

Devil's Punchbowl refugee camp for freed slaves during Civil War is misdescribed as 'concentration camp' It is often falsely claimed that "over 20,000 freed slaves were killed in one year" of the ...

Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the United States Colored Troops, which led her to a distant relative, a ...

That American Revolution/Civil War link is particularly true in York County, which sits on the Mason-Dixon Line, close to military movements, supply lines and bloody battlefields.

The occasion was the annual Revolutionary War Weekend hosted by Cantigny and the The North West Territory Alliance, a historical reenactment organization with more than 500 members from across the ...

Civil War Sacrifice: Forgotten Farm Boy Was First Soldier Buried At Arlington William Christman, 19, saved his family’s farm and paid with his life.