Back in the American Civil War, the American military founded its first aerial force, the Union Army Balloon Corps ... they did try blasting them out of the sky during the Peninsula campaign.

Hundreds of women secretly joined the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Some women were brazen enough to enlist as self-appointed officers, or double as female spies. Who Was the ...

For four straight years, Union and Confederate soldiers battled during the bloodiest war in ... by the American people throughout the Civil War.

Ten months into the Civil War ... At this point in the war, Union supplies of coffee, including those from Liberia, were so assured that Northern soldiers could even afford to destroy the ...

After the Civil War, Arkansas veterans returned home and attempted to revert to civilian life. During the immediate postwar ...

Pillow, Tennessee on April 12, 1864 100,000+ — Number of Civil War Union corpses found in the South through a federal reinterment program from 1866-1869 303,356 — Number of Union soldiers who ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War ... named the Afro-Union Soldiers and how many Black ...

During the bloody years when the ... was a refuge for Union and Confederate soldiers throughout the war. All were welcome to pay their respects to the father of the country, so long as their ...

The Union fell back ... Heights is just a small part of the history of black soldiers’ valor during America’s wars, but no Civil War battle has a more compelling claim to a place in that ...

Although 1011 Union soldiers were wounded ... fell out of favor during the Civil War, even for top officers. The sheer number ...

allowed enslaved men to fight for their country during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the United States Colored Troops, made up one-tenth of the fighting forces for the Union Army.