The Camp William Penn Museum near Elkins Park preserves one of the most important but often overlooked chapters of Civil War ...

The Civil War is often remembered through faded photographs and written accounts, making it feel distant and hard to fully grasp. When those images are brought to life in color, the past takes a new ...

Among the heroes of the U.S. Civil War – from Generals Ulysses S. Grant, to Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Frederick Douglass – there’s another hero’s name you may not recognize. Sarah Emma ...

Soldiers and Sailors Monument is located on Boston Common. It is 126-feet high and dedicated to the memory of Massachusetts veterans of the U.S. Civil War. It was designed by Martin Milmore. On one of ...

Abraham Galloway’s contributions to the Civil War were significant but not learned about in school, says David Cecelski. “Abraham Galloway was a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist and Union ...

The Gettysburg battlefield offers visitors a unique way to connect with history, using its enduring boulders and ...

There are 15 names on a stone monument in a shoulder of the cemetery that stand as a testament to the struggle for a living ...