The Valley Campaign refers to five weeks of complex maneuvers and sporadic combat which ended in the final contest at the Third Battle of Winchester in the American Civil War. The campaign, which was ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Brian Swartz is the author of “Passing Through the Fire: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War.” The book discusses Chamberlain’s wartime experiences as well as his ...

In just five agonizing months — from Abraham Lincoln’s election as president on Nov. 6, 1860, until the first shot fired in the Civil War on April 12, 1861 — America went from unstable to ...

SALISBURY — The next meeting of the Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack takes place Wednesday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) at the Hilton Senior Center, 43 Lafayette Road (Route 1).

“The Mermaid Riot” by Joy E. Held is based on an incident after the Civil War in Charleston, S.C., about the purported capture of a mermaid. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — A local writer has released ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University has become a critical resource for scholars of the Civil War and this week is hosting a timely and important live webinar and book talk with scholar and ...

KENOSHA — The Civil War Museum and Blue House Books are hosting a free program featuring five authors of military history. The panel discussion is 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 5, at the museum, 5400 ...

ALBION – For 15 years he has hunted down letters, searched genealogy databases, read local newspapers from 150 years ago and combed through the records at the Library of Congress. Tom Taber believes ...

Although its exploits are practically unknown today, the Union Army Balloon Corps holds a significant place, not only in the history of the Civil War, but in the annals of military history. At 7 p.m.