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

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.

Fuller and Larry Harris, also of Philadelphia, wear Civil War garb to portray the Union’s 3rd Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops. Complete coverage from The National Mall, from the early risers to ...

The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...

In it, Urdahl focused on Minnesota regiments from the beginning of the American Civil War to the winter of 1863 ... received fame for leading the attack on the Union’s position at the Battle of ...

But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed. The North was not only fighting to preserve the Union, it was fighting ... were accepted into all-black units. The first of these was the Fifty ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 ... and the state of Missouri sent 39 regiments to fight in the siege of Vicksburg: 17 to the Confederacy and twenty-two to the Union. Between 1861 and 1865 ...

The little-known Civil War Battle of Greenleaf Prairie took place on June 16, 1863, near present-day Braggs and extended to ...