Others show how a loved one was cherished through a photograph. This section displays objects that helped the soldier get through the atrocities of war—objects that have helped generations since in ...
The Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was a Civil War-era death camp. After the Civil War millions of freed Black ...
Noteworthy among these chapters of history is its role during the Civil War, during which the grounds became known as Camp Randall, a barracks for Union troops and a prison camp for captured ...
Literacy rates were high on both sides during the Civil War—about 90 percent for Union soldiers, above 80 percent ... droves of wounded passed their camp en route from the front to the hospital.
In this blog post, Jabour explores the multitude of women who dressed as men to fight—and die—in all the major battles of the Civil War ... conditions of camp life—most soldiers slept ...
Nor were bullets and shells the only or greatest threat to Civil War soldiers. Disease killed twice as many men as combat. During long stretches in crowded and unsanitary camps, men were haunted ...
U.S. forces liberated Nazi concentration camps 80 years ago this month. Among the liberators were Black, Latino, Asian ...
Fairview Farm & Homestead in Abingdon is hosting a Living History this weekend, showing what life was like for soldiers in the Civil War. Kenny Turpin sat down with Good Morning Tri-Cities with ...
In this blog post, Jabour explores the multitude of women who dressed as men to fight—and die—in all the major battles of the Civil War ... conditions of camp life—most soldiers slept ...