Last year Waitsfield scholar, historian and writer Alice Evans provided an alphabetical listing of boys and men with ...

Best known for: Managing the Civil War Conservation Corps (CWCC), a cadre of dedicated volunteers who help the National Archives preserve Civil War records and make them accessible to the American ...

Collectors seek out military antiques to preserve veterans’ stories and honor historic heroes. Civil War drums are some of ...

Camp Randall is named after Alexander Randall, the sixth governor of Wisconsin. He is credited with organizing Union troops from Wisconsin to fight in the Civil War.

Federal agencies deposited millions of Civil War records in National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) over the years. The originals for most of the records I am discussing are among those.

The Solano County Genealogical Society (SCGS) will welcome professional genealogist Michael Willis as the featured presenter for its upcoming Speakers Series on Friday, Oct. 4, via Zoom. The virtual ...

In recent times of conflict, it’s common to picture young men in their late teens going off to war. But Samuel Eddy, a Chesterfield blacksmith, was 40 years old when left to fight for the Union in the ...

"In our youths, our hearts were touched with fire." This quote from a speech given by Oliver Wendall Holmes demonstrates the profound effects the Civil War had on our ancestors. Up to 80% of those who ...