Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

Others show how a loved one was cherished through a photograph. This section displays objects that helped the soldier get through the atrocities of war—objects that have helped generations since in ...

Military records reveal that women fought ... than men’s—all suggest that female soldiers were especially dedicated members of the Civil War military. An unnamed New Jersey woman, whose ...

For many Americans, both civilian and military, who lived through the conflict, the Civil War was the monumental event of their ... Army of the Republic formed to strengthen contact between soldiers ...

At the corner of Charles Street and Ferry Avenue in Camden, a New Jersey pastor has made it his mission to honor the Black Civil War soldiers buried in Butler Cemetery.