History comes to life as we metal detect the very battlefield where a Civil War cavalry officer met his fate. This site holds ...

Others show how a loved one was cherished through a photograph. This section displays objects that helped the soldier get through the atrocities of war—objects that have helped generations since in ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

Given how lastingly influential Civil War was on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, not to mention how it remains generally beloved, it’s incredible to remember that this particular Captain America ...

From the crowded northwestern market spilling over with returnees, vendors and soldiers, to the barren stalls of central ...

Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning 2001 war film about the shooting down of two US military helicopters was inspired by the ...

Scouring online ancestry and family tree records, Bray has unearthed part of Wiegel’s life story. Born in 1846, Wiegel served in the Civil War with the 189th Ohio volunteer infantry before ...

SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky. A snow-covered stretch of ...