One such oddity - a ragged chunk of leather - is part of the Civil War collection at the Vicksburg National Military Park in ...

The descendants of one Civil War soldier attended the service at Saint Francis Catholic and Pine Grove cemeteries in ...

Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...

In 1862, Union forces took Fort Pulaski, and her family escaped in the chaos, ending up in Beaufort, S.C., where the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry was formed.

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms fired musket volleys and the crowd sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." ...

Descendants of the 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army in the Civil War gather each summer on Lake Erie. Skip to Main Content. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close. Quick Look- ...

By all accounts, Doc McWilliams is a Lawrencian worth remembering. Born enslaved, McWilliams came to Lawrence in 1862 and the next year enlisted in the Union army’s 1st Kansas Colored Infantry ...

More than 17,000 of them fought for the Union in the Civil War, including more than 5,500 Black soldiers, designated by the U.S. War Department in 1863 as United States Colored Troops.

A Civil War soldier’s 157-year-old identification tag is donated to a museum in Maryland. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ...

To celebrate Juneteenth, a ceremony at Riverhead Cemetery honored David Chippie, a Black resident of Riverhead who served in the 29th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.

The “Sale Creek Sixty-Five” was a group of 65 Union sympathizers in the Civil War who met in Sale Creek in November 1861 to pledge allegiance to the Union.