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

The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...

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 ...

“These are my people,” he said. Coleman is researching the 29 Civil War soldiers buried in East Union’s cemetery. He has discovered the challenges the soldiers faced, the families they left ...

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 ...

Two children of Civil War veterans received pensions from V.A. of $876 annually One of the children, a man, died last August at the age of 93 Last verified Civil War veteran died in 1951 ...

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 ...

But this week, President Donald Trump accused soldiers like them ... of women who fought in the Civil War. Blanton said estimates range from about 400 on the Union side to about 250 on the ...

Now, Bray aims to track down descendants of John E. Wiegel — the last Union Civil War veteran to be buried in Westmoreland County — for a Memorial Day ceremony. Civil War veterans group Bray ...