Step inside Ohio’s hidden Civil War treasure | Tim Takes You There

Rare Civil War flags, original uniforms and hands-on exhibits await inside this hidden museum gem in downtown Tiffin, as Tim ...

Midway Village Museum hosts Civil War living history events for students, public

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Two living history events return to Midway Village, giving students and families chances to learn ...
Republican Herald

The Civil War started 165 years ago this year

On July 4, the United States of America will celebrate its 250th anniversary. There’s also another major historical anniversary this year – the start of the Civil War 165 years ago on April 12, 1861.
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Speaker shares glimpse of Civil War soldier’s life through letters

FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS — Ken Spurgeon, assistant professor of history at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, presented the Friends of Frontier Army Museum speaker series lecture Feb. 26, 2025, ...
Wired

Historians Don't Think a US Civil War Is Likely—but They're Still Nervous

“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED. It’s impossible to look around and not wonder whether the US is teetering on the ...
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Dumont Hill Expedition reenactment teaches students about local history

The students who learned and researched the Dumont Hill Expedition were also able to teach groups of 3rd graders who stopped ...
The New Yorker

Was the Civil War Inevitable?

Out of guilt or amnesia, we tend to treat wars, in retrospect, as natural disasters: terrible but somehow inevitable, beyond anyone’s control. Shaking your fist at the fools who started the First ...
Des Moines Register

Visit the Iowa Capitol where pride in state's Civil War record abounds

Iowa provided a significant number of volunteer soldiers for the Union Army during the Civil War, driven by anti-slavery sentiment and a desire to preserve the nation. The state's Capitol building and ...