American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

almost sacred boundaries of American civil-military relations and refused to fight a lost war any longer.” On the other hand, the Union high command needed not only to defeat the Confederate ...

These objects belonged to the men and boys who fought on the front lines for both Confederate and Union forces. They represent what ... Some reflect the pageantry and pride imbued in uniforms or ...

The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many southerners felt that there was no longer a place for them in the Union ... Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate ...

During the bloody years when the Civil War tore apart the ... was a refuge for Union and Confederate soldiers throughout the war. All were welcome to pay their respects to the father of the ...

One of the major accomplishments during the Civil War was the establishment ... Hospitals routinely took both Union and Confederate wounded. In the larger battles of the war the casualties were ...

"It was said during the American Civil War that there were more ... in 2009 show members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans dressed in Confederate battle uniforms, standing alongside the then ...