On the last day of summer, in central Virginia, a battalion of Confederate soldiers marches in orderly ranks onto the field ...

Some reflect the pageantry and pride imbued in uniforms or encouragement from the sound of a bugle. Others show how a loved one was cherished through a photograph. This section displays objects that ...

After the war, Sarah Edmonds doffed her uniform and resumed life ... were in many ways exceptional, women soldiers, like other groups of women in the Civil War era, sought—and found—ways ...

Frances Clayton (pictured in uniform) claimed she'd fought ... In 1897, Edmonds was admitted to the Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War veteran association, becoming its only female member.

Hundreds of ex-combatants from the losing side of the Civil War fought against the Nazis while enlisted in the British army.

Mercy Street Episode 3: The Uniform opens with Dr ... amputations recorded in the Union Army, the mortality rate was 26.3 percent. Were Civil War physicians “butchers” then?

How the most divided period in the history of U.S. democracy – the mid-1800s – coincided with a sudden boom in new ...

I need to verify if someone is a member of the military. What Department should I contact? The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act website ... There are various war memorials to commemorate and ...

Twenty veterans, one whose remains have been unclaimed for nearly a century, were finally laid to rest in the Iowa Veterans ...

“The Civil War was so fascinating ... arming and transporting two million soldiers and sailors dramatically catalyzed the Northern economy. To fund the Union war effort, Congress borrowed ...

The alleged humiliation of an Army officer, and his fiancée suggests police high-handedness, but has another equally ...