Henry C. Longnecker (1820-1871) was born in Cumberland County but later made Lehigh County and Allentown his home. He served ...

Bruce Anderson, an African American war hero buried in Amsterdam, fought alongside a Canajoharie white man, Zachariah Neahr, ...

Matt LeBlanc played the iconic role of Joey Tribbiani on Friends alongside the late Matthew Perry. Before the popular show, ...

Volunteers are seeking support to maintain Rocky Hill Cemetery, Dunklin County’s oldest graveyard and a key Civil War site, ...

Edda L. Fields-Black is the winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History, and the author of “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the ...

Bartilson was one of four men to be honored by having his portrait installed in the Tuscarawas County Courthouse when it was ...

Vancouver’s former Army post provided a training ground for both Union and Confederate officers until the Civil War broke out in April 1861. At the start of the Civil War, some officers resigned and j ...

Hegseth says renaming military bases after Civil War soldiers who fought for slavery is ‘important for morale’ - Defense secretary claims veterans and active-duty troops are thankful the previous name ...

Many members of the community gathered to honor a grave of an unknown Civil War soldier 1st Lt. John T. McMahan (1839-1865) with a formal ceremony that recognized not only his life, but the legacy ...

He emigrated to the United States and enlisted in the US Army in October 1849. He remained in the army and was at Fort Sumter in April 1861 at the beginning of the Civil War.

SIMPSONVILLE, KENTUCKY—Live Science reports that archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a forgotten and grim event of the Civil War. On January 25, 1865, a company of Black Union ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...