Jeffrey Rosen, lawyer and U.S. Constitution scholar, has written the second book in a series of constitutional contemplations, “The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting ...

They Met at Gettysburg” is a reissue that gives a general’s perspective to events leading up to the famous Civil War battle.

The Oberlin Heritage Center and Oberlin Public Library will host a free discussion on the Civil War during a virtual event scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14, according to a news release. Civil War ...

POTTSVILLE — Housekeeping time at the Schuylkill County Historical Society turned up a cache of books that’s delighting Civil War enthusiasts. Felicia Wolf, assistant director, found several dozen ...

In “The Great Contradiction,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian looks at the way the founders wrestled with the fate of ...

You’re already familiar with the argument. Chances are, in this contentious climate we live in, you know what it’s like to have a fractured family, or to have to defend your beliefs. So this summer, ...

PATRIOTIC GORE (816 pp.)—Edmund Wilson—Oxford ($8.50). Historians never seem to tire of running over the same Civil War battlegrounds. They have fought and refought the great campaigns, while often ...

In compliance with your request I will give you my recollection of what I saw and heard from the time of leaving Gen. Lee's line covering Richmond and Petersburg to the close of his army's career at ...

When bestselling author Erik Larson appears in Harrisburg next month, he’ll discuss his latest historical nonfiction book “The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of ...

In the preface of his book on the 145th Pennsylvania Regiment, Verel Salmon informs the reader that his work is “a compendium of information on this great group of men and that it is, of course, ...

Relatively few people are aware that during the Civil War, Confederate leaders put forth a proposal to arm slaves to fight against the Union in exchange for their freedom. In his new book Confederate ...