Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

For several years, the confederate statue in Madisonville has made waves in Hopkins County. Now, enough money has been raised ...

Charles H. Walker settled in Columbia County after the war, and his descendants are committed to preserving and sharing his ...

Charles H. Walker's family is committed to preserving and sharing his diary, which has entries from September 1861 through ...

(News-Press NOW) — Generally speaking, Abraham Lincoln had a big problem during the Civil War ... s first amphibious assault in war. Armed Union soldiers in boats paddled the Rappahannock ...

It includes a small vignette portrait of Elmer Ellsworth, the first Union soldier to die in the Civil War and the leader of a Zouave regiment and a friend of Lincoln. In appropriate fashion ...

He began by transcribing the handwriting. Literacy rates were high on both sides during the Civil War—about 90 percent for Union soldiers, above 80 percent for Confederates. Still, many enlisted ...

There are also newspapers announcing that the fort had been attacked, stacks of faded letters from Civil War soldiers and a large trunk filled with paraphernalia from a Union soldier who never ...

The program will hear from the personal journal of Lee, Goss’s great-grandfather, a Union soldier in the Civil War. Lee was responsible for procuring food and supplies for Union soldiers.