Zach Nunamaker, of Momence, gave a presentation on Iroquois County soldiers who served in the two largest Illinois infantries – the 76th and 113th – during the Civil War. Not ...
It is the 161st Anniversary of The Battle of Westport, and it’s legacy continues to shape Kansas today. Boone Dodson, a ...
On a farm in Simpsonville, Kentucky, Jake Bryan starts each morning the same way his father, grandfather and great-grandfather before him.But the history of the Bryan family farm dates back more than ...
Ed Wilson’s grandfather Sam Wilson fought for the South during the Civil War so it seemed fitting last Friday that his 60-acre property just across from Randolph Elementary School should serve as the ...
During the Civil War, thousands of Arkansas civilians became displaced and relied on either the federal or Confederate governments to provide basic necessities. These non-combatants strained military ...
The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous Confederate States of America, and so far were able to fight the Union Army.