Commission has asked Congress to add the county to the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District.

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.

Standing majestically on South Potomac Street, the Maryland Theatre serves as downtown’s crown jewel. This 1915 architectural ...

Tucked away in Washington County near the Pennsylvania border, Hagerstown offers a perfect escape from the high-strung energy of nearby Baltimore and Washington D.C., yet remains easily accessible ...

The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black soldiers who went to Galveston, Texas, 160 years ago.

At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions to the Union.

President Donald Trump suggested that he could have handled the Civil War better than then-President Abraham Lincoln in a meeting with reporters at The White House on Wednesday. “The Civil War ...

We followed a 160-year-old Civil War map straight into the past—armed with metal detectors and a deep respect for history. Each beep brought us closer to uncovering relics left behind by ...

A Civil War veteran from RI was buried in an unmarked grave. Now he's getting his due. Civil War Veteran George Thomas Leach Sr. was buried without a gravestone at North Burial Ground in ...

Explore the American Civil War's history, causes like slavery and states' rights, key events including Gettysburg and Antietam, and the war's lasting impact on the United States ...

In a first-of-its-kind ceremony in Westmoreland County Monday, dozens honored the final Union Civil War veteran buried in the county, John E. Weigel.