The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

This weekend, the 162nd anniversary of the history-changing Battle of Gettysburg will bring three days of history to the ...

The Battle of Gettysburg raged from July 1 through July 3 in 1863, and was the turning point of the American Civil War. CBS Saturday Morning takes a tour of the famous battlefield.

Continue the deep dive into the American Civil War with Part 2, focusing on the crucial battles of 1861 that set the tone for years of bloody conflict. From Fort Sumter to Ball's Bluff, these early ...

The Battle of Ox Hill/Chantilly, on Sept. 1, 1862, was the only major Civil War battle fought in Fairfax County. It happened during a torrential rainstorm and, by the end, it took the lives of two ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman.

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...

Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...

IrishCentral Contributor Joseph Connell explores how Ireland's Civil War ignited with the shelling of Ireland's most ...

06.26.25 - 10:00am Guest: Stephen Greenblatt is the John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. His numerous books include The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, which ...

Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and Allen Moore discuss the making of The Civil War.