The Civil-War was the deadliest conflict in American history, and of the regiments assembled to preserve the Union, none suffered more losses in battle than the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment.

It was filmmaker Ken Burns who said, “The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places. From Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast.

In the American Civil war there were units on both sides which had uniforms heavily influenced by their individual heritage, fashion crazes or special requirements.

The 103RD OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1862-65, was a Union, three-year regiment comprised of men from northeast Ohio during the CIVIL WAR. Within its ranks were approximately 460 men from ...

A Civil War experience is coming to International Falls Public Library. The Arrowhead Library System will present Historical Experiences – Minnesota’s Civil War Experience, a free ...

When the U.S. military decided to assign three African American engineering regiments to the Alaska Highway project, it departed from its usual segregationist policies. Since the Civil War ...

In Military Loyalists of the American Revolution Prof. Dornfest (emeritus, CUNY Staten I) gives us a detailed work that is both biographical dictionary of literally thousands of officers who served in ...

American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar The Historic ... which tells the story of the units who fought in the Battle of Forks Road. A new exhibit, "The Impending Crisis," helps visitors ...