Uniforms are used for identification as well as to provide a sense of unity during any conflict, and the American Civil War (1861-1865) was no exception. At their most basic level, Civil War uniforms ...

Amidst the chaos of 1860s warfare, one Confederate unit marched into battle dressed like Revolutionary War ghosts. This was ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg has expanded ... led one of the most successful spy rings of the war. Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow used her social connections in Washington ...

It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of the Civil War. Charging with the 54th was Sgt ... The movie does include the 54th’s real white commander, Col. Robert Gould Shaw, played by Matthew Broderick.

Colonel Dent doubts that Grant can ... The surrender of Donelson destroys the entire Confederate line in the middle theatre of war. It confirms the loss of Kentucky and the imminent threat to ...

Jefferson Davis was the U.S. Secretary of War who betrayed his country to become the first and only president of the ...

June 3 is when Kentucky and Tennessee honor the dead from the Civil War, and Tennessee calls it Confederate Decoration Day. Yes. A bill to stop celebrating Confederate Memorial Day and designate ...