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The New Market Heights Trail would travel through American Battlefield Trust property on which a portion of the Civil War's Battle of New Market Heights occurred.
Alton’s Civil War memorials, including the GAR cannon and DUV building, preserve the city’s Union heritage and honor local veterans.
I’ve long been a skeptic of the idea that we’re on the verge of civil war. When people think of civil war, they think in terms of our Civil War in the 1860s—two defined sides, that kind of ...
Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., June 7, 2025.
A Q&A with Zaakir Tameez about Charles Sumner and the antislavery movement.
In April, more than 200 Civil War and history enthusiasts from across the United States and Canada converged on the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie for our annual Civil War ...
President Donald Trump, speaking about war as he attempts to decide whether or not to actively support Israel by bombing Iran, appeared to confuse America’s war for independence —the Revolutionary War ...
A Juneteenth celebration on Detroit's east side shows the important role Camp Ward played during and after the Civil War.
The first marker on the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail is being unveiled in Cape May to recognize the Franklin Street School on Wednesday, June 11.
Archaeologists found 4 Civil War Confederate soldiers' remains in Williamsburg. Believed to have died in 1862, they were reburied this week at a local cemetery.
Whether the debate is occasioned by a polemical book or a movie like last year’s “Civil War,” I consistently take the negative on the question of whether the United States is headed for a ...