The Oberlin Heritage Center and Oberlin Public Library will host a free discussion on the Civil War during a virtual event scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14, according to a news release. Civil War ...

POTTSVILLE — 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 ...

You’re already familiar with the argument. Chances are, in this contentious climate we live in, you know what it’s like to have a fractured family, or to have to defend your beliefs. So this summer, ...

J. Mark Powell's new book, "Witness to War," tells the story of the Civil War objectively through the letters of ...

When bestselling author Erik Larson appears in Harrisburg next month, he’ll discuss his latest historical nonfiction book “The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recently, I was afforded the opportunity to purchase a large collection of books relating to the Civil War from a local resident.

On the occasion of our being deep into the seventh month of the Civil War Sesquicentennial, and mindful of the fact that Congress has not yet passed Sen. Mary Landrieu’s bill to create a national ...

NEW YORK -- E.L. Doctorow's "The March," an acclaimed story of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's ruthless Civil War campaign, received yet another literary honor Friday night, winning the National Book ...

A Pithy, Insightful Look at America's Civil War. Whenever I consider the tsunami of books on the American Civil War, a disquieting image pops into my mind: a vision of the Tigris ...

MANY THOUSANDS GONE—John Peale Bishop—Scribner ($2.50).* Not only in biography but, more significantly, in fiction U. S. writers are more & more turning to U. S. subjects. And to a generation that is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The year is 1849. Martin Van Buren has just been sworn in for his fourth term as president. Every state from the Carolinas on ...