While metal detecting the historic Port Hudson battlefield, we uncovered Civil War relics that may mark the final position of a fallen cavalry officer. The siege of Port Hudson in 1863 was the ...

Three long-forgotten Civil War soldiers were honored anew on Memorial Day weekend as new headstones were installed at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, replacing damaged and unreadable markers that ha ...

Alert SOLEMN SALUTE: Group IDs unmarked Civil War soldiers By Aly Kleidon [email protected] May 25, 2025 1 of 7 ...

Groups like Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War worked together to research information on 15 veterans so their graves would no longer be unmarked.

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.

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 identifies Ford’s suffering a battlefield wound on May 5, 1863, at Todd’s Tavern, Va. It says he was 18 and his occupation was farmer and he was ...

When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at Jasper and served in E Company of the 22nd Alabama Infantry under General Joseph E. Johnston. He saw plenty of action and was ...

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 ...

How Black Civil War Patriots Should Be Remembered This Veterans Day 8 minute read An African American Union soldier of the American Civil War, seated, in a studio portrait, circa 1863. Getty Images ...