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 ...

Penn Township author Ron Kirkwood spent 17 days in 2022 at the National Archives in Washington, DC, scouring hundreds of ...

Re-enactors transformed the grassy area just west of VFW Park into two separate World War II battles Saturday. Participants ...

He volunteered to serve the Union in the Civil War, and was an active part of a Marshall veteran’s group. But for more than ...

Tickets are available to hear Atkinson talk about his newest book Monday. He'll appear downtown at the First Presbyterian ...

Since 1966, the John Brown Jamboree has been a staple celebration in rural Osawatomie. The family-friendly event pays homage to one of Osawatomie's founding fathers, a pre-Civil War abolitionist.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Museum of the Kansas National Guard hosted Heartland Military Day Saturday, June 14.. The day was filled with activities, including a pancake feed and concerts from the ...

From the unrest in Bleeding Kansas to the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter and the chaos of the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas), we trace the early sparks of a war that would define a ...

1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Ken Spurgeon, assistant professor of history at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, talks about letters between Civil War soldier Christian Isely and his ...

Retropolis Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War. As the new administration tries to ban certain people from the military, a history lesson may show us which Americans are battle-tested.

Oct. 20—The last of several events marking the 160th anniversary of a Civil War raid into Missouri is planned for Newtonia this ... and in Kansas City, site of other battles during the 1864 ...