“The African race makes excellent soldiers,” Miner said ... as a sergeant in the U.S. Army and fight in the American Civil War to end the enslavement of Black people.

In this blog post, Jabour explores the multitude of women who dressed as men to fight—and die—in all the major battles of the Civil War. 'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil ...

Mark Smith, a history professor at the University of South Carolina, said firing squads were used — not often — by both sides during the Civil War to create a “public spectacle, a vision of terror” to ...

Spurgeon, whose great-great grandfather was in the 9th Kansas Cavalry, told the audience that he has special interest in Kansas Civil ... soldiers were eager to get from the camp and onto the war ...

A journey to the depths of Mammoth Cave to record signatures left by Civil War soldiers. I stood 200 feet below the Kentucky ... with new discoveries made every year, but in the 1860s only a fraction ...

With those two words, more than 325 Milton Academy students put their abolitionist sentiments into action in the 1860s, leaving their classrooms to fight in the Civil War. Driven by the principles ...

Delphi, IN is quickly becoming quite the attraction, with its downtown square offering a variety of old timey experiences ...

“The African race makes excellent soldiers,” Miner said ... as a sergeant in the U.S. Army and fight in the American Civil War to end the enslavement of Black people.

A new permanent exhibit at historic Main Hall on the former Milton College campus showcases how more than 325 Milton Academy students left their classrooms to fight in the Civil ...