A new collection of primary source documents, "The 1863 Stibbs Family Civil War Era Letters," is the third set of letters from the Stibbs family.

This was part of the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier’s annual event in Petersburg, Virginia. Historian Wilson Greene discussed the “Cracker Line” of the Chattanooga Campaign of 1863.

The 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment engaged in the first action of the Battle of Gettysburg, defending Union positions and ...

Among the reports is a journal entry by Capt. Charles B. Haydon of the 2nd Michigan Infantry, who was at Vicksburg in 1863 when he wrote: “The alligators eat some soldiers [!] but if the ...

While metal detecting near the historic Battle of Port Hudson, we may have uncovered something chilling — a collection of Civil War relics that suggest the final moments of a Union Cavalry Officer ...

More than 17,000 of them fought for the Union in the Civil War, including more than 5,500 Black soldiers, designated by the U.S. War Department in 1863 as United States Colored Troops.

1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Ken Spurgeon, assistant professor of history at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, talks about letters between Civil War soldier Christian Isely and his ...

Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial after his great-great-great-granddaughter, Spectrum News NY1 anchor Cheryl Wills, tracked down his unmarked ...

In May 1863, the U.S. War Department formed the U.S. Colored Troops and a training ground was established in Cheltenham, Montgomery County, that June, Marsden said. This was followed by the Battle ...

Strange artifact at Civil War battlefield is skin from alligator that attacked a soldier during the battle over Vicksburg, Mississippi, National Park says.