The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...
More than 160 years after the Civil War, pieces of America’s battlefield history are still hiding beneath the soil. What begins with deep iron signals quickly turns into an incredible series of ...
Join us on an immersive journey as we visit iconic sites of the American Civil War, each providing an opportunity to remember and reflect upon our nation's history. Learn how Harper's Ferry inflamed ...
Part 2 of 3. The American Civil War enters its second year in the summer of 1862, becoming a more brutal conflict than anyone ever imagined. The death toll continues to rise on both sides by the ...
On Dec. 15, 1864 — 160 years ago today — the Battle of Nashville began. Just weeks after his defeats at Spring Hill and Franklin, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood again tried to take his Army of ...
Chattanooga: Its every suburb was a battlefield. These are the words that open the first chapter of historian Zella Armstrong's second volume of "The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, ...