On the July 31 a force of about 1,100 men rushed out from behind the city's walls and crossed the Exe Bridge to fight or die.

Join the History Seekers as we uncover 150-year-old Civil War relics from the historic Siege of Port Hudson ... 3.67 inch Sawyer rifles (cannons) and (2) 20 lb Parrott rifles (cannons) and ...

Daniel Hough, a Tipperary man, was the first man killed in the US Civil War, where he served with the ... decided to surrender the fort. Confederate cannons had launched more than 3,000 rounds ...

To fill in the gaps in Nelson Shephard’s biography, Lynch enlisted the help of Steve Kochersperger, a USPS research analyst with a personal stake in the Civil War. An ancestor, Lt. Col.

According to the Prison-Insider 2024 report, a platform that collects information and data on prisons around the world, Turkey has the largest prison population and the highest detention rate among ...

OSAGE — Osage’s two Civil War-era garrison cannons at the City Cemetery will be fired at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 28, at dusk to honor all those who have served in light of the many Memorial ...

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY IN DES MOINES. GLENDALE CEMETERY. THE REMAINS OF 15 UNION CIVIL WAR VETERANS RESTED IN UNMARKED GRAVES, UNMARKED UNTIL TODAY. KCCI’S KAYLA JAMES SHARES THE EFFORTS TO ...

On May 19, 1863, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant attempted to take the Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg, Mississippi. After making a daring run past Confederate batteries, Union naval forces joined ...

At a Memorial Day ceremony, hundreds of people honored their sacrifices with an outdoor mass and Civil War era music. “I think it’s the best way we can help represent what they did,” said ...

It’s not the first time Sudan’s had a famine. It’s not the first time Sudan’s had a civil war in the last 10 years, 20 years, 30 years,” he said. “As bad as it is—and it’s never be ...