When war broke out in 1861, kids across the North and the South said goodbye to their fathers, brothers, uncles, and cousins -- or joined the military themselves. As many as 20% of Civil War ...

Historian Patrick O’Donnell spotted an intriguing roadside marker and then spent six years researching a part of the Civil ...

PATRIOTIC GORE (816 pp.)—Edmund Wilson—Oxford ($8.50).Historians never seem to tire of running over the same Civil War battlegrounds. They have fought and refought the great campaigns, ...

Vintage Civil War books are on sale at the Schuylkill County Historical Society, Pottsville, PA. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 65°F. Friday, June 6th 2025 e-Edition.

Elsie Renalds Newcomer, a longtime Mechanicsville resident, and her sister, Janet Renalds Ramsey, recently published the 1861 and 1862 books, the first in the “Life in the Shenandoah Valley ...