Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers who went to war — have been serving in combat for centuries.

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 ...

The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...

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 ...