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

The Soldier's Body Recovered in Yard is believed to be the last confederate lost in battle. This is about the recovery of Lt. Andrew Jackson Buttram, CSA, from the American Civil War. The ...

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 ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers who went to war — have been serving in combat for centuries.

Wiegel — the last Union Civil War veteran to be ... Born in 1846, Wiegel served in the Civil War with the 189th Ohio volunteer infantry before moving to Irwin. He lived in the borough nearly ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

This lecture includes several men from Southeast Minnesota who served with various regiments of United States Colored infantry, heavy artillery, light artillery and engineers. Their units patrolled ...