FAIRHOPE, Alabama -- The 150th anniversary of the Battle of Mobile Bay and Siege of Fort Morgan ... this week in honor of the anniversary, as Civil War re-enactors from across the country ...

We take care of her and she takes care of us.” Named in honor of the 1864 Civil War naval battle, Battle of Mobile Bay, the cruiser commissioned Feb. 21, 1987, in Mobile, Ala. During its more ...

California was never a hotbed of Civil War action, but the Golden State — and the Bay Area in particular — played a major role. The riches of the Gold Rush didn’t just line the pockets of ...