Historian Patrick O’Donnell spotted an intriguing roadside marker and then spent six years researching a part of the Civil ...

On a sunny but crisp afternoon this spring, more visitors than you might think trekked on a weekday to Ball’s Bluff ...

This article was written by James Holloway, Special to The Post. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, a three-hour extravaganza of Sioux ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and Allen Moore discuss the making of The Civil War.

The Stuart family tells a story that during the raid of Union troops on Saltville, Virginia, in December 1864, a soldier of ...