The Economist

The evil and the good in the American civil war

The Economist watched with alarm as America descended into civil war in 1861. That April militiamen from South Carolina, which had seceded, bombarded Fort Sumter, a Union stronghold just off the state ...

Bellefonte’s Civil War Weekend returns. Here’s a look at all the events

For the second year in a row, a weekend-long event commemorating the deadliest war in United States history is returning to ...
Lehigh Valley Live

165 years after start of Civil War, what are the names on Easton’s Centre Square monument?

Entering Easton’s Centre Square is like stepping into an American history book. Plaques in what was once the Great Square tell of the founding of the city and Northampton County, Indian treaties and ...