Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished himself as a commander.

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...

Rivalries are the lifeblood of college football. But their history is often inextricably intertwined with the history of our ...

Manassas National Battlefield Park preserves over 5,000 acres of Virginia countryside and is the site of some of the blo ...

The letter was recently found in Virginia, and has never before been published: MARCH 13, 1860. DEAR EPPA: I thought you promised to let us hear from you during the Old Woman's Convention.

In 1822, freed Black Americans began resettling in a colony on the west coast of Africa. But the idea was controversial: Was ...

Freedman’s Village in Arlington, Virginia The U.S. government built Freedman’s Village in June 1863 on land taken from ...

Sachs Covered Bridge stands as a crimson sentinel against Pennsylvania’s verdant landscape, offering visitors a chance to ...

Virginia is granting more than $3.9 million to protect 621 acres of lands where Civil War battles raged, including two sites in Henrico County and one in Dinwiddie County.

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.

New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...