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, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

The descendants of one Civil War soldier attended the service at Saint Francis Catholic and Pine Grove cemeteries in ...

The Battle of Gettysburg saw excessive heat and a severe thunderstorm, likely piling on the casualties to the biggest battle ...

Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...

Panelists talked about the "Union Cause" view of the Civil war, which was the primary view among Northern soldiers and civilians, and its legacy in postwar American politics and culture. "The ...

The short-lived Union Army Balloon Corps in the Civil War was in a way the U.S. military's first air force. The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, ...

Generals Ulysses S. Grant (Union) and Robert E. Lee (Confederacy) sat in these chairs to negotiate the terms of surrender to end the Civil War on April 9, 1865, at Wilmer McLean’s home in ...

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

That Arthur T. Carter is spearheading an effort to build this Civil War monument sounds about right. Especially when folks consider his lineage. His grandfather was born enslaved in Eastville, the ...

Sunday is the anniversary of Lee’s 1865 surrender at Appomattox, so let’s take a look at some of the Southern generals and admirals who stuck with the United States of America in the Civil War.

Panelists talked about the "Union Cause" view of the Civil war, which was the primary view among Northern soldiers and civilians, and its legacy in postwar American politics and culture. "The ...