One can hardly imagine what the night of Feb. 17, 1865, must have been like in Charleston. Hours before surrendering to Union ...
This video covers the historic last Civil War funeral of Confederate Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram, whose remains were recovered ...
Artifacts found Metal detecting for confederate soldier civil war camps (private permission). After filming last week's ...
The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...
About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the skies above the Diomede Islands were heavy with smoke from whaling ...
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Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...
The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...
In the summer of 1863, however, Confederate soldiers bound for Gettysburg captured Lyles and her children. Two years later, with the Civil War at an end and slavery on the verge of being ...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had referred to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg by their original, Confederate-inspired names.
Orange Park's Don Hillhouse, a "serious amateur" history researcher, scoured the National Archives for records of Union ...
Washington’s Birthday has been largely forgotten as a distinct celebration, but its commemoration in Civil War-era Cambridge ...
The army base was earlier named after Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general. The Pentagon said the name will now honor Roland ...