In the thirty years leading up to the Civil War ... then sets fire to Pennsylvania Hall. 1845: Slaveholding Texas is annexed into the United States, sparking the Mexican War.

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia & Wisconsin remain in Civil War's United States.

“After looking at maps of the Civil War, after looking at property records, it was determined this was the area of Alfred Mouton,” Muller said. The site, once part of Gen. Alfred Mouton’s plantation, ...

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

America is on high alert. Almost four years after former US president Donald Trump encouraged a mob to attack the Capitol ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought in ...

Hailed as a groundbreaking technical achievement, it came to symbolise the border between the Civil War North and South, separating free Pennsylvania ... project Outdated maps meant fresh ...

O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

This case in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court asks whether flight from the police in a high-crime area, without more, can justify an investigative stop. The ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative, ...

With its 19 electoral votes, Pennsylvania was key in former president Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election. CBS News projected that Trump won the Keystone State early Monday morning.

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A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. Discover the people and events that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with American ...