In the American Civil war there were units on both sides which had uniforms heavily influenced by their individual heritage, fashion crazes or special requirements. The Supreme Court signals it ...

In the Civil War, Union cavalry under Judson Kilpatrick and David Gregg rode on county roads in late June 1863, a total of 6,500 troopers. Mounted Confederates under Jeb Stuart’s command totaled ...

What are the origins of Memorial Day? The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865 ...

Some 179,000 Black men served in the Union Army during the Civil War and another 19,000 served in the Navy, according to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

An American Civil War monument on the Jessamine County Courthouse lawn in Kentucky honors those who fought in the Confederacy. But the statue wears a Union soldier’s hat.