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 ...

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, ...

There is no shortage of books on the period surrounding America’s civil war. Canonical classics include “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, a moral attack on slavery that changed minds when it was published in 1852 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recently, I was afforded the opportunity to purchase a large collection of books relating to the Civil War from a local resident.

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 ...

Last month, Associate Professor of History Michael Vorenberg published his new book, “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War.” The book challenges the traditional narrative that ...

NEW YORK -- E.L. Doctorow's "The March," an acclaimed story of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's ruthless Civil War campaign, received yet another literary honor Friday night, winning the National Book ...

“Lincoln’s Peace” offers a pair of fascinating what ifs. Had the Union maintained a larger and stronger post-Civil War occupying army, could it have banished all the residual slavery practices and ...

El Dorado Hills, Ca.: Savas Beatie, 2023. Pp. xxx, 305. Illus., maps, notes, index. $32.95. ISBN: 161121629X Insightful Essays on the Naval Side of the Civil War It's hard to categorize this neat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The year is 1849. Martin Van Buren has just been sworn in for his fourth term as president. Every state from the Carolinas on ...