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.

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms fired musket volleys and the crowd sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." ...

As Rhett Butler pointed out in "Gone with the Wind," there were just some things the South lacked during the Civil War era that ... At the beginning of the war, the Union outnumbered the ...

The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ties with the Union. To retain the loyalty of the ...

Over the four years of the American Civil War – from 1861 to 1865 – the majority of military casualties were suffered by Union forces. To maintain the integrity of the Union, federalist states ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened to sap the fighting strength of the Northern army: coffee. This critical source of energy ...

Johnson will be donning his Civil War-era uniform several times this summer, crisscrossing the state to mark the graves of the last Union soldier buried in a number of Minnesota counties.

"We are a fraternal organization that focuses on Civil War history and preserving the history of the Union army and its veterans and honoring them," group member Bruce Hajost said. The chapter ...