The gear carried by American soldiers in WWII looks nothing like what their Civil War ancestors hauled into battle — yet some ...

While many historians have written about the tactics and strategy employed during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, they generally overlook the mental and physical demands of the Soldier. For the Army of ...

On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, President Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for 75,000 volunteers to serve for three months. Five volunteer companies from ...

On what was once a peaceful Sunday morning soon turned into one of the bloodiest clashes of the whole of the Civil War. (Library of Congress) Wounded soldiers glowing with a greenish-blue. Those ...