At their most basic level, Civil War uniforms distinguished Union troops from Confederate troops ... as well as between some divisions—cavalry and infantry, for example. And one key group ...

Archaeologists in Virginia unearthed four skeletons, including one with a bullet in the spine, and three amputated legs.

Sweating through the thick wool of their uniforms, the Confederates split to protect their left flank against the threat of cavalry ... in Confederate uniforms reenacting the Civil War.

In 1898, 33 years after the end of the Civil ... in the war, had received the Medal of Honor fighting for the Union. The other, “Fighting Joe” Wheeler, the legendary Confederate cavalry ...