American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed. The North was not only fighting to preserve the Union, it was fighting ... given substandard supplies and rations. Probably the worst form of ...

Pillow, Tennessee on April 12, 1864 100,000+ — Number of Civil War Union corpses found in the South through a federal reinterment program from 1866-1869 303,356 — Number of Union soldiers who ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

Minnesota Gov. Alexander Ramsey answered President Abraham Lincoln’s initial call for volunteer Union troops at the outset of the American Civil War with an offer of 1,000 Minnesota ...

This is Part 3 of a series of history columns about Glencoe Medal of Honor recipient Axel Reed, who fought in the Civil War. Click here to read Part 1 of the series and click here to ...