Archaeologists found human remains at Colonial Williamsburg, which surprisingly dated back to the Civil War rather than the Revolutionary War. AP The graves were aligned east-west, with the head ...

Civil War remains found at Colonial Williamsburg, archaeologists say Virginia archaeologists recently came across four skeletons dating back to the Battle of Williamsburg, which was fought in 1862.

For Union soldiers, a cup of coffee made hardtack biscuits more palatable. Heritage Auctions Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened ...

Whether the debate is occasioned by a polemical book or a movie like last year’s “Civil War,” I consistently take the negative on the question of whether the United States is headed for a ...

According to a release, the markers were placed at the Unknown and Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial, located at 1001 Bells Mill Road, on Thursday, May 29.

Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.

George Thomas Leach joined the Union Army on Nov. 27, 1863, and was mustered into Battery H, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery on Dec. 21, 1863, according to John Leach. He transferred to the Union ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office donated two new cemetery markers at the Unknown & Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial. "They had to fight for the right, to fight for ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who served our country are not forgotten. More than ...

In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who served our country are not forgotten. The U.S. Economy Is Headed Toward an ...

IRWIN, Pa. — In a first-of-its-kind ceremony in Westmoreland County on Monday, dozens honored the final Union Civil War veteran buried in the county, John E. Weigel. The ceremony at Weigel's ...

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