Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian immigrant in Michigan, disguised herself as “Frank Thompson” to serve in the Union Army’s 2nd ...
A 1938 Southeast Missourian article recalls Cape Girardeau County's once-busy Civil War veterans' posts, the few surviving soldiers, and a detailed roster that may include your ancestors.
Explore Vicksburg National Military Park, a key Civil War site in Mississippi where a 47-day battle helped reunite a divided ...
Sarah Emma Edmonds disguised herself as a man to join the 2nd Michigan Infantry's Company F, known as the Flint Union Greys.
In a historic ceremony held at the Beaverdam Conference Center, Fort A.P. Hill was officially re-designated to honor three extraordinary Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: Private Bruce Anderson, ...
Hundreds of thousands of Americans North and South fought in the Civil War, including a Union drummer boy named Albert Woolson. He couldn’t have known it in 1864 when he enlisted at age 14, but at the ...
A York County Civil War veteran who died penniless in 1928 will finally receive a military headstone and recognition this ...
The Gray House' highlights a female-led spy network from the Civil War. Learn about the real Elizabeth Van Lew, Mary Jane ...