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When we think of the American Civil War, the division between Americans in the North and the South comes to mind. But it ...
And on June 10, 2006, the soldiers were buried with full military honors in the Massachusetts National Cemetery on Cape Cod. It was an authentic re-enactment of a burial from the Civil War period.
Several families from around western Massachusetts have an historic and personal connection to the Civil War and Juneteenth, ...
Even though the Civil War has been thoroughly studied for over 160 years, new discoveries are still being made. Last spring, a Civil War-era cannonball was found in the backyard of a Virginia home.
ALLEGAN, Mich. — Six local soldiers of the Civil War were honored with gravestones in Allegan on Saturday. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Friends of Allegan’s Oakwood ...
On Jan. 25, 1865, a company of Black Union soldiers was ambushed by Confederate guerrillas in Simpsonville, Kentucky. Kentucky was technically neutral during the Civil War, but it was also home to ...
Cape Charles Town Manager John Hozey, left, and Robert Sabbatini, executive director of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Tourism Commission, help install the new Civil War Trails sign at 21 Bay Ave ...
They are rare living links to history, these children of Civil War soldiers. Yes, children. As we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the war, it is amazing to consider that offspring of those ...
Civil War Soldiers Buried at Home ... War soldiers up to Massachusetts on June 9 for burial the next day in the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, on Cape Cod.
Retropolis Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War. As the new administration tries to ban certain people from the military, a history lesson may show us which Americans are battle-tested.
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky.