The Soldiers' and Sailors Monument at Syracuse's Clinton Square was dedicated on June 21, 1910 in front of 40,000 people.
Two books about the 1856 caning of a senator show how words can incite violence—and also help defeat it.
In May 1863, soldiers rounded up McLure and two dozen other disloyal civilians and dispatched them downriver to the ...
The American Civil War Battle of Shiloh claimed 23,746 lives from April 6-7, 1862—a fact that’s chillingly ironic for a place ...
German immigrants, Yankee newcomers and quick action by Union leaders narrowly keep St. Louis and Missouri out of the ...
Cpl. John Mackie’s gun crew was cut down around him in a fight against Confederate troops. He cleared the casualties and kept ...
The Grand Army of the Republic, the fraternal organization for soldiers of the Civil War, was formed in 1866. Thousands of ...
On July 4th 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the United States declared independence with ink on paper. Six days earlier on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolinians had declared independence in their own ...
The history of a union fort in Tennessee is getting an update to include the story of the Black laborers who built it.
Visit Gettysburg July 1-5 for civil war reenactments, live entertainment and fireworks marking the USA's 250th anniversary!
Reenactors and presenters brought visitors back to the early 1860s for Century Village Museum’s 41st annual Civil War Living History Weekend. Union and Confederate soldiers encamped and mingled with ...
When you think about the Civil War, you think about the tumultuous time of conflict and the bravery of soldiers.