Girls imitated the nurses of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, which provided medical care to the soldiers. Kids read magazines such as Our Young Folks that contained stories of soldiers like Johnny ...

On June 14, 2025, the U.S. Army will celebrate its 250th birthday and the theme is “This We’ll Defend,” which highlights the ...

The essays examine the different paths and purposes that led each to write for children. From Soldier to Storyteller is worthwhile reading not only for insights into how their wartime service ...

Some volunteered to go to Vietnam. But many of the soldiers who went were drafted into the service, ineligible for a student deferment because they had never been to college. Twenty-year-old Mike ...

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.