This isn’t to say that the book isn’t lively and interesting reading, for it is, as a kind of cross-section of the glitter and glamour of a typical first night. But it is also a strikingly perfect ...

Minor, Charles L. C. (Charles Landon Carter), 1835-1903, Harmon, Edward P. cash book maintained by Confederate Captain Charles L. C. Minor from 1860 to 1864. Also contained within the cash book's ...

On Monday, Taylor Galaska sat at a long table in the historical society’s dining room, flipping through his new book, “The ...

An image from Harper’s Weekly depicts the ‘Grand procession of Wide-Awakes at New York on the evening of October 3, 1860.’ Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division There’s one question I ...

During the Civil War, she served as a spy, scout, nurse and cook in the US Army. In a mission with Col. James Montgomery, she helped the army rescue more than 700 enslaved people during the Combahee ...

PROSPECT, Maine (WABI) - Families who visited Fort Knox in Prospect this weekend were given a glimpse into the past. The Fort Knox historic site hosted its annual Civil War Encampment event. The event ...

Ancestry and boyhood -- Youth : its happy days and others -- West Point : its grind and its pleasures : 1881-July 1886 -- The army : with the Sixth Cavalry in New Mexico : September 1886-November 1890 ...