American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

These objects belonged to the men and boys who fought on the front lines for both Confederate and Union forces ... This section displays objects that helped the soldier get through the atrocities of ...

In this blog post, Jabour explores the multitude of women who dressed as men to fight—and die—in all the major battles of the Civil War. 'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil ...

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 ...