A group that works to publicize and remember an infamous chapter in Elmira's history — a Civil War prison camp where ...

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

The sword of a Scranton hero who died in the Civil War disappeared in the 1970s, thought to be lost for good. The community ...

George H. Cramer, German immigrant and Civil War major, helped shape Cape Girardeau as mayor, postmaster and civic leader, ...

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