Washington And Lee University Aquires Confederate Soldier's Diary
The university plans to display Alexander Sterrett Paxton's diary containing vivid accounts of Civil War battles.
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The university plans to display Alexander Sterrett Paxton's diary containing vivid accounts of Civil War battles.
Maryland's Department of Natural Resources says it's upgrading museums in the South Mountain Recreation Area near Boonsboro in time for the Civil War sesquicentennial.
Organizers say a 150th anniversary re-enactment of the Civil War Battle of Antietam will involve at least 4,000 participants.
A Baltimore museum dedicated to the history of Maryland's black residents is planning an event marking the abolition of slavery in the state.
Hagerstown is making the most of its crossroads connections as the host city for a Civil War seminar.
Maryland is home to a number of Civil War scholars.
A discovery deep below ground led researchers to a piece of Civil War history.
Hoop skirts and washboards don't appeal much to Joyce Henry, so she found another way to relive the Civil War — as a man.
A short documentary film about the Civil War Battle of Hagerstown is making its premiere.
One part of West Virginia is so rich in Civil War history that it now has its own website.
The National Park Service is wrapping up a series of public meetings about the problems caused by large numbers of white-tailed deer on three Civil War battlefields in Maryland and Virginia.
During the Battle of Gettysburg, a wounded Civil War general's leg was amputated. He donated it the Army's medical museum. It's now on display in Maryland.
The amputated leg of a colorful Civil War general is doing some traveling.
A look back in time. The B&O Railroad Museum opens the largest train exhibit in the world, commemorating the pivotal battles of the Civil War 150 years ago.
A scholar who uncovered extensive Civil War records handwritten by Walt Whitman unveiled his findings Tuesday at the National Archives, saying they can reveal how the famous author's work as a government clerk influenced his poetry and life.
Booming cannons, plaintive period music and hushed crowds ushered in the 150th anniversary of America's bloodiest war on Tuesday, a commemoration that continues to underscore a racial divide that had plagued the nation since before the Civil War. The events marked the 150th anniversary of the Confederate bombardment of Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, an engagement that plunged the nation into four years of war at a cost of more than 600,000 lives.
Marty and Don talked to actress Claire Danes. Ron Matz was in Mt. Vernon talking to Burt Cummerow about the biggest Civil War exhibit in the state of Maryland.
The 150th anniversary of the bloodiest day of the Civil War could come and go next year without a large-scale re-enactment.
The National Archives and Ancestry.com published newly digitized Civil War records online for the first time Wednesday, allowing users to trace family links to the war between North and South.
Officials say a covered bridge that dates back to the Civil War will undergo nearly $2 million in repairs next year.
The South Mountain Civil War battlefield near Boonsboro is taking its place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Don and Marty talked to Dick Vitale. Ron Matz was at the Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards talking about the Civil War 150th anniversary.
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick is highlighting African-Americans who served as doctors and nurses during the war.
