Uniforms are used for identification as well as to provide a sense of unity during any conflict, and the American Civil War ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

Live Science reports that archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a forgotten and grim event of the Civil War. On ...

Editor's Note: Dr. Shauna Devine is a historian of Civil War and American ... employed by the Union army as part-time or full-time surgeons under contract) 5. Medical officers of the veterans ...

During the bloody years when the Civil War tore apart the United States ... Confederate or Union soldiers, came out of uniform, with absolutely no flags or anything like that, because it was ...

The Civil War was entering its fifth year ... them so that they could tend their farms and plant spring crops. A Union officer wrote down the terms. Grant then signed the document on the side ...