This weekend, the echoes of muskets and the stirring words of Lincoln will ring out in Bellefonte as the borough hosts its ...

At first glance, there was nothing unusual about Pvt. Lyons Wakeman. The service record in the National Archives is similar ...

"Franklin Sherman was a captain for the Union during the Civil War but he was not related to William T. Sherman," he said. "He went to Michigan to join the 10th Volunteer Calvary and served in ...

In a cistern discovered on the grounds of the Old LSU Site Walking Trail in Pineville, an LSU student picks up a piece of stoneware she found while digging. She brushes dirt off of it and announces ...

In breaking news this week, former New York Times Book Review editor Sam Tanenhaus finally finished his authorized biography ...

A dangerous consequence of not knowing our history is not knowing our truth. Many Americans are taught that the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, […] ...

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.

Ten months into the Civil ... Sherman’s siege of Atlanta had “destroyed 500 sacks of genuine Rio coffee” intended for Confederate consumption—about 55,000 pounds in all. At this point in ...

At first glance, there was nothing unusual about Pvt. Lyons Wakeman. The service record in the National Archives is similar ...

The stately 147-year-old home built for early Grand Rapids civic leader Charles Belknap is on the market for just under $1 ...

A grant from the State Historic Records Advisory Board enabled the digitization of two Civil War-era diaries now available for online research on CARLI Digital Collections.