We’re taught in school that the American Civil War ended when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865 — 160 years ago Wednesday. In fact, reality was ...
These Pennsylvanians played important roles in Civil War battles and in events surrounding the Civil War.- Levi Bird DuffLevi Bird Duff hated slavery so much, it cost him a leg ...
Four days after the Confederate army bombed Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, S.C., that launched the American Civil War on April 12, 1861, 18-year-old Sylvester Dana Rhodes of Plains Township ...
Harold Kenneth "H.K." Edgerton, a former president of the Asheville-Buncombe NAACP who became nationally-known for this ...