The Civil-War was the deadliest conflict in American history, and of the regiments assembled to preserve the Union, none suffered more losses in battle than the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment.

“We had 24,000 Minnesotans enlist in the war effort, which is a very high percentage comparatively per capita.” Urdahl started telling Minnesota’s story in his book, “Three Paths to Glory,” which was ...

In the American Civil war there were units on both sides which had uniforms heavily influenced by their individual heritage, ...

For all that, New Market Heights is little more than a footnote in Civil ... American soldiers who came after them. In World War I, most black troops were relegated to strictly segregated units ...

But while Loyalists gave enormous support to the Crown during the war, they have not been the subject of much serious study. In Military Loyalists of the American Revolution Prof. Dornfest (emeritus, ...

When the U.S. military decided to assign three African American engineering regiments to the Alaska Highway project, it departed from its usual segregationist policies. Since the Civil War ...