I’ve been scanning old family photos and documents for a while now, treasuring memories and making discoveries. Some have been the crumbling yellowed pages of letters home from soldiers and their ...

A new collection of primary source documents, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," is the third set of letters ...

For Confederate Army scout with Powhatan ties, life after the Civil War was devoted to spreading the word of God—and to ...

When Bill Hanchett died in 2016, his son found a bundle of letters and postcards to family that he had written while in the Army Air Forces during World War II. The letters tell a story of the war ...

For Confederate Army scout with Powhatan ties, life after the Civil War was devoted to spreading the word of God—and to ...

Donald Trump’s disinformation presidency has found the Civil War. A plaque installed by Donald at his Potomac River golf course reads “The River of Blood.” ...

Unlike later wars when soldier letters were heavily censored, Civil War correspondence is unadulterated. It is remarkable for showing the size and scale of the conflict, how men from farms and ...

From a Civil War Sex Scandal to the Depths of Pearl Harbor: New Documentary Brings Astonishing Wartime Letters to Life In 'Behind the Lines', narrated by Annette Bening, selections from the ...

On Jan. 25, 1863, Corporal Orlistes R. Catey of Williamsburg wrote a letter to his wife from an encampment on the banks of the Mississippi River.

Retropolis Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War As the new administration tries to ban certain people from the military, a history lesson may show us which Americans are battle-tested.

See what this Manitowoc Civil War soldier wrote home about from the front lines in April 1864 Manitowoc County sent 2,467 men to the front lines of the Civil War, nearly all of them volunteers.

An author with local ties will discuss her new Civil War book in two presentations Thursday. Tonya Graham McQuade will share excerpts from “A State Divided: The Civil War Letters of James ...