New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...

In response to the Mother Emanual AME shooting in Charleston, SC, lawmakers and protestors rallied to bring down the ...

Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished himself as a commander.

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American history is more polarizing than ever. But the country’s leading storyteller wants to prove there’s still an appetite ...

Angel Island State Park rises from the waters between Tiburon and San Francisco like a verdant mirage, offering a delicious escape that’s tantalizingly close to civilization but feels worlds away.

In this episode, we visit a Confederate camp reenactment featuring members of the 48th Alabama Infantry. Their historically accurate gear gives us a unique opportunity to learn how to identify Civil ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at a loss. One such oddity — a ragged chunk of leather — is part of the Civil ...