Army Col. Henry Morrow knew the cost of war. At the Battle of Gettysburg, as the regimental flag bearer fell, Marrow seized the banner, charged and was captured by the Confederates after taking a head ...

Gabor loved teaching and was a dedicated professor. In 1978, he published his first book, Lincoln and the Economics of the ...

In spite of what people think, the Civil War wasn’t entirely fought on the battlefield, and it wasn’t entirely fought by the ...

The Continental Congress’s success in negotiating a military alliance with France was pivotal to the colonies’ successful ...

These Pennsylvanians played important roles in Civil War battles and in events surrounding the Civil War.- Levi Bird DuffLevi Bird Duff hated slavery so much, it cost him a leg ...

The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...

STORIED BUILDING: Howard Hall, an residential building, carries the memory of Oliver O. Howard, a Bowdoin alum that graduated in 1850. After graduation from Bowdoin, Howard became a Union general in ...

Explore 13 of the most haunted places in America, from eerie hotels to ghostly battlefields, and uncover the chilling tales ...

Boritt was born in Budapest in 1940 and survived World War II, although relatives were killed in the Auschwitz Nazi death ...

We pick up after Chancellorsville, where Lee’s victory came at a brutal cost, forcing him toward a desperate plan to feed his ...

Ethan Afshani   Buy Photo The Harlan-Lincoln House will once again present two opportunities to learn about U.S. history on ...

Gabor S. Boritt, renowned author, scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War, founder of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, and ...