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The gear carried by American soldiers in WWII looks nothing like what their Civil War ancestors hauled into battle — yet some ...

In April 1861, just three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to fill the ranks of the Union Army and end the rebellion in the ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1861, Union and Confederate troops clashed outside of Manassas, Virginia in the first major engagement of the Civil War. It began when Union General Irvin McDowell hoped to ...

DENISON, Texas (KTEN) — Denison students got a history lesson with a twist on Tuesday. A team from Denison's Frontier Village and Museum brought its "reverse field trip" program to B. McDaniel ...

“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED. It’s impossible to look around and not wonder whether the US is teetering on the ...

VAN BUREN, Ark. — On Saturday the Van Buren community got to experience history come alive at the Drennen-Scott Historic Site’s Civil War event. Professor Tom Wing, Director of the Drennen-Scott ...

This past August Army Private Sandy Wills was buried with full military honors at a veterans' cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. Private Wills served his country, though not in this century, or the last.

General U. S. Grant, pictured, was the Union General who defeated General Robert E. Lee. He also served as the 18th President from 1869-1877. The Fenton History Center will host a free event Sunday, ...