Charles Albert Storke of Wisconsin was 16 when he joined the Union army in February 1864 ... Storke was among those captured and taken to Richmond's Libby Prison. He was transferred 12 days ...

Robert Ford, a Northern free black man who served as a teamster for the Union Army. Captured in the Shenandoah Valley in 1862, he was sent to Richmond to work for the warden at Libby Prison ...

The military bugle call used in 1835 was changed from Scotts Tattoo, (Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott — General-in-chief of the ...

On July 2, 1862 this nation was at war for its very existence. The Union Army was retreating from a campaign to capture Richmond. Victory was far from certain. On that day, the United States Congress ...