There’s a magical place in Pennsylvania where your wallet somehow defies the laws of economics—where $39 can transform into armloads of treasures and a day’s worth of memories that no big box store ...

Her work is the most complete account of the liberation of 700 enslaved people from seven plantations along the Combahee River in 1863.

Roscommon born Fr Peter Cooney was also one of the most important Catholic chaplains during the war. He settled in Michigan ...

The Civil War helped define America and names like Gettysburg, Antietam, Lincoln, Robert E Lee, and Ulysses S Grant are ...

Who’s in charge of a branch of the military that operates at the state level? It’s an unresolved question for President Trump ...

Brigadier Gen. Charles Young crushed barriers and endured heartache to fight racial inequity throughout his 38-year career in the U.S. Army.

Ahead of the PBS production’s premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their research process and the surprising, long-overlooked stories featured in the ...

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...