Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of skeletons at Colonial Williamsburg – but the skeletons weren’t from the ...

Some previous deployments restored peace after local crackdowns or vigilante violence, but sometimes troops intensified ...

On the July 31 a force of about 1,100 men rushed out from behind the city's walls and crossed the Exe Bridge to fight or die.

Usually, a civil war is one where all of the fighting takes place within a single country. It occurs when two or more organized groups from the same country clash because of major disagreements ...

A British musket ball soon found his other leg ... The divisive issues in the buildup to the Civil War were debated. Education of children had taken place in church schools before 1834, but ...

Many surveys go over the battle while other sections the book cover the economic and social forces impacting Civil War artillery ... such as the Prussian’s reliance on steel breech-loading rifles that ...

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY IN DES MOINES. GLENDALE CEMETERY. THE REMAINS OF 15 UNION CIVIL WAR VETERANS RESTED IN UNMARKED GRAVES, UNMARKED UNTIL TODAY. KCCI’S KAYLA JAMES SHARES THE EFFORTS TO ...

But just how accurate is an 18th-century musket ... and made the war viable for us. Ars Technica: There are a lot of popular misconceptions about the history of the American Civil War.

Harper’s Weekly, June 3, 1865 They were known as the Special Artists of the Civil War ... sent over to cover the war by the Illustrated London News, incurred the wrath of Secretary of War ...

Perhaps her most significant, but less celebrated, contributions came during the Civil War, when she worked for ... him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in ...

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms fired musket volleys and the crowd sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." ...

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms fired musket volleys and the crowd sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." ...