Civil War buff Ruth McCartan believes some of the best history lessons lie close to home. “You don’t have to go to a battlefield to learn,” the McCandless resident said. McCartan will host a tour Sept ...

Epic Guide to Stones River National Battlefield in Tennessee including things to do, Civil War history, nearby lodging, ...

Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee was the site of a bloody Civil War battle to control the Confederate Railroads. Shiloh National Military Park encompasses much of the April 1862 Civil War ...

Green Bluff’s Siemers Farm, known for strawberry and fall festivals, transformed into a Civil War battlefield this Memorial Day weekend. Late Saturday morning, Union and Confederate soldiers traded ...

The 145th Pennsylvania Regiment, primarily from Erie County, was known as a "tough luck" unit during the Civil War. Terry Rensel, an Erie native, will speak about the regiment's experience at the ...

The late archivist Lila Fourhman-Shaull was so known for her helpfulness in assisting others in their projects that her own considerable body of historical research can be overlooked. She and fellow ...

In Virgina, Civil War buffs wince when Terry Rensel mentions family connections to the 145th Pennsylvania Regiment, recruited in Erie. "People wince because it was such a tough luck regiment," Rensel ...