Learn the history and meaning behind the Civil War anthem with full John Brown's Body lyrics and understand its impact on ...

At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions ...

Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who served our country are not forgotten. More than ...

Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved ...

According to a release, the markers were placed at the Unknown and Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial, located at 1001 Bells Mill Road, on Thursday, May 29.

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

The bullet in the soldier’s spine was a Minié ball, a common round of Civil War ammunition. The foot of one amputated leg also contained a Minié ball. Bones in a second severed leg were shattered.

Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War. ... Roughly 14,600 Union soldiers fought about 12,500 Confederates, ...