The Third Arkansas Cavalry was organized in October 1863 at Little Rock, becoming one of four Union cavalry regiments raised in Arkansas during the Civil War. Led by Col. Abraham Ryan, the Third ...

Check out Rafael Eledge's appraisal of a Civil War colonel uniform group, ca. 1863, in Vintage Denver 2024, Hour 2. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

After the 49ers routed the Giants 30-12 on “Thursday Night Football,” former Colts and Stanford standout quarterback Andrew Luck appeared on the postgame show in full Union Army Civil War uniform.

Civil War veteran John D. Billings, who served in the 10th Massachusetts Battery, wrote in his memoir Hardtack and Coffee about how important the coffee ration was to the average Union soldier.

The sword and scabbard of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman is displayed at Fleischer's Auctions, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. The wartime sword, likely used between 1861 ...

During the Civil War, many American cities and towns were intentionally destroyed as part of military strategy. Burning enemy cities served to disrupt supply lines and lower civilian morale ...

In most key aspects of the American Civil War – from money and manpower to guns and supplies – the Confederacy was outmatched by federal forces. Sharpshooter units were one notable exception ...

Many American men did answer the president's call to arms, of course. After the Siege of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to serve in Union militias for three-month ...

This week 150 years ago in the Civil War, Union cavalry skirmish with Confederate fighters near Holly Springs, Miss., vying for control of the town. Though not a significant fight itself, the daylong ...

This week 150 years ago in the Civil War, Union cavalry skirmish with Confederate fighters near Holly Springs, Miss., vying for control of the town.

The memorial was to honor a Civil War-era disaster that happened weeks after the war ended. On April 27, 1865, the steamboat Sultana exploded and sank in the Mississippi River killing 1,700 ...