Literacy rates were high on both sides during the Civil War—about ... cotton handkerchief, a wooden nib holder and metal nib for writing, a hardtack cracker used in soldiers’ rations and ...

cuts down a tree grown in memory of his son who died in World War I, and uses the lumber to create a puppet he calls Pinocchio (Gregory Mann). Soon after, the Wood Sprite brings Pinocchio to life ...

The imposing stone facade of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia, looms against the sky like something straight out of a gothic novel – except this particular nightmare was ...

A Great War toy ... involved a wooden and fabric trench loaded with six lead riflemen of the Gloucestershire Regiment. When hit, a specially placed flagstaff set off a cap, which made a loud report, ...

Extract from an unpublished novel set in Belfast during a series of sectarian killings in the 1980s. Written by J. G. Fitzgerald, whose career in finance involved periods working in Belfast and other ...

The Greenbrier River Trail, accessible right from town, provides 78 miles of scenic pathway for biking, hiking, or strolling ...

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops ...

They also utilized a resource from the state of Minnesota that lists all soldiers who fought in the ... George Buswell’s Civil War” that he edited with Reagan Connelly, visit ...

Join us on a journey through time as we explore sites rich in Civil War history. With metal detectors in hand, we walk the ...