Historians say that Sarah Emma Edmonds exaggerated many aspects of her wartime experiences. Still, she bravely served in the Union Army, becoming one of hundreds of women who fought in the conflict in ...

Libertyville’s Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, first met the McGlades at a book signing hosted by the village of Wadsworth. Diana Dretske, curator ...

The one-room house is small and unprepossessing. With its shuttered windows and the multiple padlocks that used to be inside its door, it's secretive, too -- much like the person who lived in it for ...

In August of 1862, Lyons Wakeman, a 19-year-old from upstate New York, enlisted in the Union Army. Wakeman went on to fight gallantly in action against the Confederates in Louisiana before, like so ...

Reenactor O.J. Fargo will present the program “Just Before the Battle, Mother — A Visit from a Civil War Soldier" at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Dakins Community Center, 105 E. Main St., Zearing. The ...

The Zearing Heritage Room is welcoming a Civil War reenactor for a free program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Performer and historian O.J. Fargo will present “Just Before the Battle, Mother — A Visit from a ...

On the last day of summer, in central Virginia, a battalion of Confederate soldiers marches in orderly ranks onto the field sloping down to Sailor’s Creek. A smaller force of Federals already holds ...

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Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are not exempt from Defense Department's sweep of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts within the U.S.

I am the author of a book from which this essay is drawn but this will be clearly credited. On the Swedish island of Björkö lie the remains of Birka, a significant Viking trading post. Birka is ...