These objects belonged to the men and boys who fought on the front lines for both Confederate and Union forces. They represent what soldiers wore, what they ate, how they coped, and what they held ...

The envelope was addressed simply: POSTMASTER NEWAYGO, MICHIGAN 49337 The postmark indicated that it had been mailed the day before—April 23, 2015—from Grand Rapids, 36 miles away; the careful ...

The wounded soldiers above were photographed at a hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia, between 1861 and 1865. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs division In the summer of 1862, John ...

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An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and Battery Creek.