The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in ...

Seven Army bases whose names were changed in 2023 because they honored Confederate leaders are all reverting back to their ...

And it served a critical purpose during the Civil War. “Where Alto Plaza [restaurant] is now [on Route 29] used to be Artillery Hill,” said Carter. “The Confederate soldiers would keep a ...

He is now an avid collector and local Civil ... war, Hickox said. Sometimes the Confederate soldiers “wore them upside down,” as an anti-Union statement, he said of the US belt buckles. The ...

Archaeologists found 4 Civil War Confederate soldiers' remains in Williamsburg. Believed to have died in 1862, they were ...

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

Join the History Seekers as we uncover 150-year-old Civil War relics from the historic ... we found a Confederate sword, a 20 lb Parrott artillery shell, and several other rare battlefield ...

became a full blown Civil War. On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces rained artillery on the federal fort in the middle of Charleston Harbor. The bombardment lasted 34 hours. At the end of the ...

He enlisted in the Confederate Army in the Civil War, and became Lee’s chief of artillery. He named his largest four cannons Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and on giving the order to fire ...