Confederate cavalry commander, John Hunt Morgan, launched his first raid into Kentucky. According to Lowell H. Harrison’s The ...

A judicious ,selection of about one-fourth from, amongst the present vast herd of Confederate cavalry would secure all that was worth their costly support, and the rest could be reduced to foot ...

Near the site of Port Hudson - the longest siege in American military history—we may have uncovered the exact location of a Civil War cavalry officer’s final stand. Using metal detectors, we recover ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

Little other information is obtained due to the fatigue of the foot soldiers, numerous casualties, and the lack of Confederate cavalry trained in reconaissance.

The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers ... The fort was garrisoned by an estimated 300 men from ...