The Civil War is well known for great battles, famous generals and large casualties. But there was a lesser known side of the war, the guerrilla war where bands of civilians and soldiers joined forces ...
American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...
The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...
The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...
Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...
The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...