On Jan. 1, 1863, nearly two years into the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Under the shade of trees, tucked into green spring grass, rest two new gravestones. The bright, white marble stands out, signifying that the souls resting beneath them were once ...

Find out the interesting history behind all 50 of the U.S. state flags The U.S. state flags, explained The American flag, the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory—whatever you want to call it, there’s ...

Mrs. Angeline A. Cooley of 25 Worthington St., one of the oldest women in Pittsfield, has been exhibiting to friends a collection of scrip, or postal currency, of post Civil War days. The mention of ...

“It’s hard to believe something [left there nearly 130] years [ago] could be there,” said Christopher George. It's a Civil War presentation sword with a clamshell guard, meaning it wasn't used in ...

Herschell Gordon Lewis’ gore epic concerns a group of murderous Southerners who lure six amorously intentioned tourists to their Civil War-era town, which is celebrating its centenary.

A young man sitting at the next table over was wearing a button-down with an Auburn emblem. Turns out he graduated one year before our son in the same program with the same degree. War Eagle!” ...

On Aug. 10, Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin was the site of a historical restoration project led by Eagle Scout candidate ... of the Union Veterans of the Civil War General Philip H.

Schneider, 3,850 men from Muskingum County served in the Army or Navy during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. Of those, 596 died from either wounds or disease with 83 being residents of Zanesville.

"NARA staff checked available records concerning Jacob Miller's service and the wound he received during the Civil War. His service record confirms that he was wounded at Chickamauga and was ...