McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Researchers have discovered the remains of two Civil War soldiers buried among a batch of severed limbs on a northern Virginia battlefield. The National Park Service on Wednesday ...

Harrison resident Eric Schmitt was well aware of his family’s unique lineage growing up. The 55-year-old is a descendent of two Civil War soldiers: one who fought for the Union and its desire to ...

The story of the 145th Pennsylvania at Chancellorsville will be Terry Rensel's topic for the Erie County Civil War Roundtable on Oct. 21.

The Civil War meant different things to different people: Southerners fought a War of Northern Aggression, Northerners fought to save the Union. African-Americans fought for their freedom. The firing ...

While Memorial Day was this past Monday, today marks what was once an important, similar holiday known as Decoration Day and it’s still being honored in northeast Iowa. The Bay Church and Cemetery ...

"This mysterious providence" : Americans' initial responses to Civil War death -- "A heroic, eminent death" : the national dimensions of Lincoln's assassination ...

Mounted on the wall of my home’s library hangs a wood framed shadow box holding the Civil War mementos from my ...

Archaeologists have made a significant discovery in Croatia, uncovering a well filled with the remains of seven individuals ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1994. Image on file. (Plaque on north side of plinth:) MANUFACTURED BY/THE W.H. MULLINS CO./SALEM, OHIO, U.S.A. (Front of base:) SACRED TO THE/MEMORY OF ...

Buried in an unmarked grave for decades in the Union Street Cemetery, one of Porter County’s most remarkable Civil War casualties is finally getting her due. Dr. Almira Fifield, Porter County’s first ...

Reno died in what was like a junior varsity battle before the main event at Antietam Creek three days later. Because Antietam was so catastrophic, Fox’s Gap and the other clashes before Sept. 17, 1862 ...