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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the beginning of 1862, citizens ...
A rain delay played an essential role in The Battle of Jackson, which was fought 162 years ago today in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.
February 1863 brings a Civil War draft and questions of whether black men will enlist for not so equal pay Published: Feb. 02, 2013, 4:39 p.m.
A new collection of primary source documents, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," is the third set of letters ...
Check out Rafael Eledge's appraisal of a Civil War colonel uniform group, ca. 1863, in Vintage Denver 2024, Hour 2. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines.
Old Abe, the famed Wisconsin eagle mascot, posed with a color guard after the fall of Vicksburg during the Civil War in 1863. Scientists have solved a century-long controversy: Old Abe was male.
Civil War December 1863 brought 'war meetings' to raise more troops and entice re-enlistments with promise of holiday furloughs Published: Dec. 01, 2013, 6:59 a.m.
The New Haven Independent historical research team has an important message for you from the future: We found your Civil War token. Both the token and the envelope with your printed stamp on it came ...
A man in Kentucky hit the jackpot after he discovered over 700 coins from the Civil War era on his rural farm. The findings have been nicknamed the “Great Kentucky Hoard” and include a group ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This particular Civil War Token ...
A rain delay played an essential role in The Battle of Jackson, which was fought 162 years ago today in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.