When a retired DCI is shot dead, Mike suspects the victim's wife, who in turn hires Pearl. When a recently retired DCI is shot dead during an English Civil War reenactment, Mike immediately suspects ...

A documentary titled “Death and the Civil War,” prominently featuring Yale historian David Blight, will air on PBS on Sept. 18, at 8 pm. Based on Drew Gilpin Faust’s acclaimed book “This Republic of ...

A historical jewel lies right off Route 231 near Benedict, although not many may know it. A century and a half ago, hundreds of runaway enslaved people would trek to Camp Stanton, a Union camp named ...

The Scott County Library in Eldridge will kick off our National Library week celebration with a special showing of the documentary The Rock Island Civil War Prison: Andersonville of the North on ...

While most people picture infantry lines and battlefield charges, the Civil War’s naval battles were just as critical. Ironclads clashed, wooden ships burned, and ports became high-stakes targets. The ...

My wife and I decided to again watch the Ken Burns epic masterpiece series “The Civil War.” We saw it when it came out in 1990. We were so impressed with it back then and even more so now but for a ...

Richard Warren, a 10-year-old from Salem, recently turned actor for a part in a Civil War documentary. Warren portrayed the young Richard Kirkland, a South Carolina soldier who earned the nickname ...