The Buffington Island Battlefield Preservation Foundation will hold a public tour of the Civil War Battlefield at Buffington Island near Portland on March 28 at 10 a.m. The walking and car caravan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new book, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," sheds light on the Civil War home front and the complex realities of ...

Stones River National Battlefield preserves the site of a pivotal Civil War clash that shaped the Union’s control of Middle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rain played an essential role in The Battle of Jackson, which was fought 162 years ago today in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of ...

July 1863 could easily be called the month that won the Civil War. Three vital battles were fought or ended that month and the results were enormous for the country. At Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July ...

President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in United States history, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on this day in history, Nov.

(This is the second of two columns focusing on the surrender of York to the Confederates in late-June 1863 – a pivotal moment in York County’s story. Civil War historian Scott Mingus served as a ...

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Abraham Lincoln, in a stirring call to spiritual unity amid the carnage of the Civil War, issued his emotionally powerful Thanksgiving proclamation on this day in history, Oct. 3, 1863. The president ...

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