Bronson, a Civil War hobbyist, learned about Wallace’s story at the historic Shiloh battlefield. “When I discovered the Cincinnati connection, that was it.

Union General Lew Wallace did not approve of these men being forced into service, and asked then-Cincinnati Judge William Dickinson to intervene. Judge Dickinson sent the 400 men back home to ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - More than a century after his passing, Private John Haap, a Civil War Army veteran, was honored with a tombstone dedication at Vine Street Hill Cemetery on Saturday.

He divided the history of Black people in Cincinnati prior to the war into three periods: one of toleration (1800-1826), one of persecution (1826-1841) and one of improvement (1841-1861).

WASHINGTON - Civil War buffs are getting access to a treasure trove of information - thousands of original maps and diagrams of battles and campaigns between 1861 and 1865, all posted on the Internet.

The reason for the overcrowding came down to money and opportunity. As the Civil War ended in April 1865, thousands of federal prisoners who were held at Confederate prisoner of war camps in ...