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Erik Larson's next book closely tracks the months leading up to the Civil War
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe next book by Erik Larson, widely known for the best-selling “The Devil in the White City,” is a...
Historic Fort Delaware gets $4 million upgrade. What to know about the Civil War-era park.
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA visit to Fort Delaware starts with a ferry ride to Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River. At the...
Gettysburg 160th anniversary offers chance to learn about York County Civil War story
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 1 year ago. A couple of years ago, historian Scott Mingus and I pulled together a list of unsung or overlooked...
Letters to the editor for Saturday, December 30, 2023
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAirport outgrows location I thought Naples Airport was looking to relocate! Why would the airport be...
Visiting Our Past: Decent WNC people caught up in indecency
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSecrets were secrets for a reason," Celia Szapka thought as she boarded a train for Oak Ridge,...
White Tennessee lawmakers speak out for insurrection in honoring Confederate history
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Tennessee State Capitol. Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesThe...
The Actual Civil War Was Also Preceded by Fiction That Imagined, “What if America Had a Civil War?”
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe year is 1849. Martin Van Buren has just been sworn in for his fourth term as president. Every...
Chicago history timeline: Revisiting 175 years of breaking news from the pages of the Chicago...
Chicago Tribune· 2 years agoSince its first edition was published on June 10, 1847, the Chicago Tribune has covered every milestone in the city’s history. Here’s a look back at more than 175 years of breaking news, Pulitzer-winning ...