Life at a late 1800s frontier post, like the Vancouver Barracks, was predictable, tedious, routine and rarely seasoned with excitement. Daily duties rarely varied. Soldiers drilled, stood guard duty a ...

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.

During the Civil War, soldiers didn't have the same kind of access to quality rations that troops do today. Back then, they ...