The Civil War is well known for great battles, famous generals and large casualties. But there was a lesser known side of the ...

Francis Ernest Dumas was a wealthy soldier who became the highest ranking Black combat officer during the Civil War.

Contemporary health providers stand-in as Civil War surgeons during a re-enactment at the Spangler Barn in Gettysburg, Pa., ...

Harrison resident Eric Schmitt was well aware of his family’s unique lineage growing up. The 55-year-old is a descendent of ...

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved ...

SAYBROOK - In the fall of 1862, a Union soldier, delirious with fever, stumbled into the eastern McLean County community of Saybrook. Recognized by no one, he somehow reached the Civil War unknown ...

Some of the re-enactments included interpreters trying to recruit for the union army and a live march and drill with soldiers ...

Fred Minus brought Civil War history to life at Hopewell Valley Central High School, highlighting the experiences of Black ...

A monument to the Union soldiers who fought at the Battle of Carthage was dedicated on Saturday, July 5, the anniversary of ...

A new sign memorializing the service of the 123 enlistees in the United States Colored Troops Union Army from Breckinridge ...

A downtown monument has been updated with the names of 30 Black soldiers from Jacksonville who fought for the Union.