Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.

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

Dressed in Civil War-era finery, the Benoit-Stabler family also hosted a fundraiser for the Munster Historical Society at their elegantly decorated home last December.