Forgotten Civil War Memorial found in Alton apartment building ...

Author Darin Wipperman provides a tantalizing glimpse into the world of Berdan’s sharpshooters during the American Civil War.

President Abraham Lincoln, with young son Tad and Senator Charles Sumner, salutes a detachment of African-American Union ...

Shutterstock Russell Gregory’s Murder at Cades Cove Russell Gregory moved to Cades Cove, Tennessee in the early 1840s from ...

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

I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I’ve known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of World War II European ...

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of skeletons at Colonial Williamsburg – but the skeletons weren’t from the Revolutionary War.

Archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg recently announced the discovery of four Confederate soldier skeletons, revealing a makeshift hospital from the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg.

Karen Stone, Manager of the St. Mary’s County Museum Division, debuted her book, Shipwreck on the Potomac: Disaster in Pursuit of Lincoln’s Killer, at the 160th anniversary commemoration of the Black ...

Fort Jackson is a National Historic Landmark located in Plaquemines Parish. It was the site of a decisive Union victory in the Civil War.

Two Union Army units - the 48th and 96th Pennsylvania Volunteer regiments - trained on Lawton's Hill in Pottsville, Schuylkill County.

That’s pretty ironic considering Lawton’s Hill was used as a training ground and campsite for troops headed for the Civil War. In fact, two Union Army units — the 48th and 96th regiments ...