A group that works to publicize and remember an infamous chapter in Elmira's history — a Civil War prison camp where thousands of Confederate soldiers died — is kicking off a fundraising campaign to ...

Fort Ward, the best preserved of the system of Union forts and batteries built to protect Washington, D.C. during the Civil War, brought that history to life with its annual Civil War Camp Day ...

Elmira’s history of the Civil War is expanding as plans to add a new structure to the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp museum ...

Tours of the Hayes Home and Museum are not included. Schedule of events. 10, 10:30 and 11 a.m.: Civil War winter camp tours. Timed ticket required.

The grounds of a Civil War fortification in Old Jefferson will be the site of an annual observance Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Camp Parapet Day.