Learn how to access Union and Confederate military and pension records, discover research tips and find hidden family history ...

Lesson plan uses primary sources as the inspiration for comparing and contrasting soldiers on either side of the Civil War. After examining uniforms and viewing two short video clips, students will ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - When most people picture the Civil War, they see rolling fields back East—not the Sonoran Desert.

The Wilkes-Barre Record newspaper on Oct. 16, 1903, published a lengthy two-page story about eight men from Wilkes-Barre, describing their horrific experiences as war prisoners at the Confederate ...

The cartoon’s caption reads “ Jefferson Davis Reaping the Harvest.” The Confederate president is depicted as an eyeless ghoul ...

At the time the Civil War began in 1861, the United States government did not print paper money; it only minted coins. As a historian of the American Civil War, I study how the Confederate government ...

COON VALLEY, Wis. (WKBT) -- Students traded textbooks for muskets and classroom desks for military camps as Norskedalen ...

The remains of four Confederate soldiers, uncovered last year during archaeological excavations near the Powder Magazine in Colonial Williamsburg, will be reburied in the city’s Cedar Grove Cemetery ...

A KPRC 2 investigation found that while thousands of Houston families struggle with rising housing costs, the Houston Housing Authority diverted millions of dollars meant to help them, benefitting ...

The Louisa Volker Auxiliary #215 was chartered Aug. 9, 2009, in Missouri’s Mineral Area and named in her honor. The General ...