This week marks 161 years since Union and Confederate troops met in The Battle of Fort Myers.It was one of the 10,000 places where the Civil War was fought, to paraphrase the opening narration in Ken ...

In September 1863, the Battle of Chickamauga became one of the bloodiest encounters of the American Civil War, ending in a devastating Union defeat and leaving more than 35,000 men dead or wounded.

The sprawling city Murfreesboro was once a tiny town of about 3,000 people during one of the most consequential battles of ...

ALLEGAN, Mich. — Six local soldiers of the Civil War were honored with gravestones in Allegan on Saturday. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Friends of Allegan’s Oakwood Cemetery ...

The Militia Act, passed by the United States Congress in 1862, allowed enslaved men to fight for their country during the Civil War. These soldiers, part of the United States Colored Troops, made up ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — West Virginians fought during the Civil War to abolish slavery and preserve the Union. To honor ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who served our country are not forgotten. More than ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The Chesapeake Sheriff's Office donated two new cemetery markers at the Unknown & Known Afro-Union Civil War Soldiers Memorial. "They had to fight for the right, to fight for the ...

How to get involved The George A. Cribbs Camp 276 meets at noon on the first Saturday of each month at St. John's Harrold Reformed United Church of Christ, located at 103 St. John's Church Road in ...