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, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...

This weekend, the 162nd anniversary of the history-changing Battle of Gettysburg will bring three days of history to the ...

For Confederate Army scout with Powhatan ties, life after the Civil War was devoted to spreading the word of God—and to ...

From 1878 to 1901, two all-Black U.S. Army regiments played a positive role in helping keep the peace in the Beehive State.

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

When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

The Vicksburg National Military Park today stretches over 1800 acres worth of ravines, woods, and fields. The Vicksburg ...

1868 – The U.S. Congress enacted legislation granting an eight-hour day to workers employed by the Federal government. 1868 – ...

“They all had standard, Union buttons, plus shoulder buttons most Civil War uniforms didn’t have. One soldier wore a canvas-topped, baseball shoe, so we thought it was a city unit.