In 1904, Civil War veteran Harry White of Shippensburg returned a pocketknife he had borrowed from a fellow soldier 42 years earlier during the Battle of Antietam.

Paul Rohrbaugh was in the fourth grade when he told his family he had to write a report on a president, but he ...

From an Authentic Memoir Furnished by His Order "is a papal biography based on a manuscript provided by Pope Leo XIII himself ...

GETTYSBURG — Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place of over 3,500 Union soldiers from the Civil War, including 526 Pennsylvanians who gave their “last full measure of devotion.” In ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of ...

The 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment engaged in the first action of the Battle of Gettysburg, defending Union positions and ...

Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi is receiving over $5 million toward restoring a key Civil War monument and removing a building that previously was used as a visitors’ center.

During the Civil War, soldiers didn't have the same kind of access to quality rations that troops do today. Back then, they ...

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.