Mifflin farmstead, an Underground Railroad, Civil War site, prepares to open this spring
Genealogist Neicy DeShields-Moulton, who traces her roots in the United States back 200 years, spoke about members of her ...
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SV students learn Black history from CMU historian
Seneca Valley Intermediate High School students received a unique lesson on Black history from a Carnegie Mellon University ...
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Buried in Pittsfield Cemetery, Bushrod Birch was a Civil War veteran who was hailed as 'a true man in all the relations of his life'
Born in New York City in 1810, Bushrod Birch spent time on and off in Pittsfield before serving in the Civil War, and returned to Pittsfield shortly before his death ...
READER LETTER: Is the Civil War finished?
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed Jan. 1, 1863. This freed the slaves. That this was even necessary should have ended the stain on our country’s history. Such is not the case. The ...
MORE TO THE STORY: Ex-Confederates fight last battle in Minnesota
The Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, had fallen into Union hands on April 2, 1865. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were forced to flee, but soon found themselves cut off ...