American Battlefield Trust is actively seeking funds from national donors that hopefully can be combined with state and ...

Below are some of the news stories from the pages of The Lancaster Intelligencer (April 8, 1862) and the Lancaster Examiner and Herald (April 9, 1862). Current state of the war The Lancaster Examiner ...

In 1862, during America’s Civil War, the U.S. Congress and Department of the Navy began naming combat ships after the nation’s states. The USS Maine is named after America’s 23rd state. The over 324 ...

This section of image from The Illustrated London shows the USS Picket leading “ships of the Burnside Expedition over the bar at Hatteras Inlet” in January 1862, according to the North Carolina ...

George Muench started the brewery in 1862 on the corner of South Walnut and West Lawrence streets. A very different ...