President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

California justifiably takes a lot of heat these days. But Californians got this one right. We honor their sacrifice.

Buttonwood Nature Center, home of The Institute, announces a series of small-group garden talks on four consecutive Thursdays, May 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Civil War era garden .

In this new episode of Kings and Generals’ Civil War series, we cover the Battle of Fredericksburg—one of the bloodiest and most devastating defeats suffered by the Union Army. As General ...

No Union victory in the Civil War ... pass. The rebels never bothered to fill the gap. This is a map of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip created from Union reconnaissance before the battle.

Described as “one of the most historic sites in the whole county”, this old road between Padiham and Whalley was the location for an English Civil War battle in April ... here that a group of ...

In one of the first engagements of the Civil War, the U.S. Army defeated Confederate ... The Rich Mountain Battlefield guarded a pass on Rich Mountain. (Map courtesy richmountain.org) The battle was ...

Gormly - Contributing Writer Sarah Emma Edmonds is often credited as one of the handful of hidden female fighters who participated in the Battle of Antietam. But her account doesn’t match up ...

Brown St. This year, people can expect to find battle reenactments, demonstrations, vintage baseball and new activities, Maurice Imhoff, event president, said. “Sometimes these Civil War ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. — A reenactment of the Civil War battle that was called “the first serious conflict between United States troops and the rebels” will be staged Sunday. Several hundred ...

The anniversary of the Battle of Brandy Station is June 9. On that day in 1863, during the Civil War, battle ensued for more just over half a day. Today, the American Battlefield Trust has ...