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Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...
Edda L. Fields-Black is the winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History, and the author of “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.” Kate Clifford ...
IrishCentral Contributor Joseph Connell explores how Ireland's Civil War ignited with the shelling of Ireland's most ...
On the moonlit night of June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman and 300 Union soldiers, many of them Black, departed Beaufort, South ...
The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...
Worcester was the site of both the war's opening skirmish (the Battle of Powick Bridge on September 23, 1642) and its final battle (the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651) while the county as a ...
Fred Minus brought Civil War history to life at Hopewell Valley Central High School, highlighting the experiences of Black ...
At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions ...
In April, more than 200 Civil War and history enthusiasts from across the United States and Canada converged on the Andrew ...