Civil War

Colby Tuller, a freshman at Montpelier’s U32 High School, recently discovered a trove of artifacts that belonged to a Civil War officer with Vermont ties.

If America has another civil war, it is more likely to be a war within the states than between them. Citizens of any state of any size, red or blue, may not have to go far to find a fight.

This week, VPR's Mary Engisch spoke with Chris Mays, staff writer for the Brattleboro Reformer. Mays wrote about local middle school students who found…

When the town of Brattleboro put up a Civil War monument more than a hundred years ago, it didn’t include the black soldiers who served in that war. Now…

It was the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. But the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg proved to be both the turning point of the war, and a battle in…

Civil War General George Stannard called a Milton farmhouse home after the war, and efforts are now underway to restore that farmhouse and honor the…

In the recent Legislative session, a resolution was passed to preserve Camp Letterman in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. We'll look at why this battlefield…

April of 1865 was important in the history of the Civil War. It was during this month 150 years ago, that President Abraham Lincoln visited the…

“St. Albans Invaded! Several Citizens Shot! Great Excitement Prevails!” Those were the headlines 150 years on Oct. 19, 1864.What came to be known as the…

Oct 19, 1864 saw a dramatic reversal of fortunes during the Civil War's Battle of Cedar Creek. A surprise attack by Confederate forces appeared to be a…