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 books on the ...

Ken Spurgeon, assistant professor of history at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, presented the Friends of Frontier Army ...

Between June 1861 and November 1862, Henry Mosler worked as a correspondent for Harper's Weekly. This image gallery contains his published illustrations from this period.

But her secret doubts about slavery, her fears for her region's future, and her intelligent insights made her diary an important chronicle of the war.

The statistics from the Civil War are startling in comparison to the ... Examining Old Documents Such as Letters and Diaries to assist them in their efforts. Students can use the following tools ...

Other artifacts belonging to the museum that are related to the Civil War include a diary, an officer’s sash, a Bible, and a coat from General George Henry Gordon, who fought in the war and was ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact. With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname ...

Muller, who has been researching Civil War history in the region for several ... including soldier diary entries, detailed ...

While participating in the SCOPE Project, Lynn Goldsmith kept a diary meticulously documenting her experiences in the Civil Rights movement. The diary is a unique resource documenting the experiences ...