Holvar Anderson, only recently turned 21, had just purchased an 80-acre farm in Fruitland Township when he enlisted in the Union Army and marched off to fight in the Civil War. Anderson, born on ...

The sword was inherited from his relative Chester Barber, who was a member of the 4th Michigan Calvary’s Company B. Barber enlisted in 1862 at 21 and had comrades as young as 18 in his company.

Photograph showing Union soldiers with rifles at attention in front of the Capitol. May 13, 1861. Courtesy: Library of Congress Whitman was forty-two years old when the Civil War started. Some ...

APPRAISER: So you brought us a Civil War presentation cavalry officer saber. And it's a presentation to him by the, the men of Company F, 2nd Maine Cavalry. GUEST: Yeah.

The cavalry began as a county militia before the Civil War and transitioned into a Confederate unit after Virginia seceded from the Union, Hickox said last week. It became Company A of the 4th ...

The newly restored Fleetwood Hill, located on the Brandy Station Battlefield in Culpeper, Va., will open to the public at 10 a.m. Monday following a ribbon-cutting ceremony, according to an ...

On a forgotten Civil War battlefield, we discovered relics that may have belonged to a fallen cavalry officer. These finds help reconstruct a powerful story of courage, struggle, and sacrifice. As ...

Next weekend Oatlands Plantation in Leesburg, Va., will be the site of the largest historical equestrian event ever held in the United States. “Hoofbeats in History” commemorates the 13… ...