Mounted on the wall of my home’s library hangs a wood framed shadow box holding the Civil War mementos from my great-grandfather’s time serving in the Union Army. One keepsake behind the glass is a ...

During the Civil War, thousands of Arkansas civilians became displaced and relied on either the federal or Confederate ...

My grandparents, Nathan and Domenica Borga DePauli, had a farmette on the Route 61 side of Lawton’s Hill until after World War II. In fact, their house was demolished to make way for the new Route 61 ...

It is the 161st Anniversary of The Battle of Westport, and it’s legacy continues to shape Kansas today. Boone Dodson, a ...

The 145th Pennsylvania Regiment, primarily from Erie County, was known as a "tough luck" unit during the Civil War. Terry Rensel, an Erie native, will speak about the regiment's experience at the ...

People largely came for the battle between the opposing forces, but the entire experience was designed for educational ...

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The ceremony will honor Louisa Volker Macklind, the only female telegraph operator for the U.S. Army west of the Mississippi River during the Civil War. Volker is credited with wa ...

Army Sgt. John Preston Donaldson of Butler, a Commissary Sergeant during the Civil War, was at the Village of Appomattox ...

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In Virgina, Civil War buffs wince when Terry Rensel mentions family connections to the 145th Pennsylvania Regiment, recruited in Erie. "People wince because it was such a tough luck regiment," Rensel ...