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A new collection of primary source documents, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," is the third set of letters ...
Harrison resident Eric Schmitt was well aware of his family’s unique lineage growing up. The 55-year-old is a descendent of ...
Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...
Francis Ernest Dumas was a wealthy soldier who became the highest ranking Black combat officer during the Civil War.
War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...
Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved ...
A downtown monument has been updated with the names of 30 Black soldiers from Jacksonville who fought for the Union.
July 5 has long been a historic day in Carthage, as residents remember an early battle of the Civil War, which happened here on July 5, 1861, but this year the day had a special flavor. It included ...
The Battle of Gettysburg saw excessive heat and a severe thunderstorm, likely piling on the casualties to the biggest battle ...
A new sign memorializing the service of the 123 enlistees in the United States Colored Troops Union Army from Breckinridge ...
On the steps of the SC Statehouse sits a statue of George Washington, with a broken walking stick. How it broke, however, is ...
This Saturday at 1 p.m., all local veterans are invited and encouraged to gather in the Pleasant Lake Cemetery as the Sons of Union Veterans of the ...