Two reenactors unveil a veteran's headstone for Civil War solider Lt. John T. McMahan, who was killed during the Battle of ...

The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers - but nothing linking them to the Civil War ... Several were wounded in combat and ...

Wounded soldiers lucky enough to be rescued were ... When the use of arsenic in embalming fluid became widespread during the Civil War, the Medical Department of the Union Army set up battlefield ...

The wounded soldiers above were photographed ... Nor were bullets and shells the only or greatest threat to Civil War soldiers. Disease killed twice as many men as combat. During long stretches ...

The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

The American Civil War wasn't just a battle between states—it was a showcase of incredible military talent. From 1861 to 1865, certain soldiers ... Mosby was wounded seven times yet always ...

When Pulaski’s Edwin Ayers joined the Union Army during the Civil War, an officer made the 16-year-old a drummer boy because ...

Lt. Nelson Purdum was a Ross County native, who lived in Springfield Township. During the Battle of Chickamauga, Purdum is ...

Jim Ogden, former superintendent of the Chattanooga National Military Park and now the park historian, spoke to the local Chattanooga Civitan Club. His presentation was about the medical conditions of ...

This award means a lot because it comes from the prestigious Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable and against tough competition." ...

When soldiers of the South massed around Richmond at the beginning of the Civil War ... hospitals took care of the sick and wounded during the war, some for weeks at a time and others continuously.

When Pulaski’s Edwin Ayers joined the Union Army during the Civil War, an officer made the 16-year-old a drummer boy because ...