The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...

A view of flag of the 119th New York Volunteers at a new exhibit of Civil War battle flags, entitled 1863: Loyal Till Death, on display on the first floor at the State Capitol, seen here on Monday ...

More than 17,000 of them fought for the Union in the Civil War, including more than 5,500 Black soldiers, designated by the U.S. War Department in 1863 as United States Colored Troops.

As flag-waving fervor swept the country, one of the nation’s largest collections of Civil War battle flags lay rotting in a hallway of an old state office building.This spring, the flags, which ...

A piece of Civil War history has returned to Maine after almost 160 years.The 159-year-old flag was mailed to the Maine Military Museum, along with a picture of James H. Whitmore, who commanded ...

By the end of the Civil War, there were almost 200,000 colored troops, roughly 10% of the Union Army. After the Civil War, Lincoln acknowledged the role the colored troops had in securing a Union ...

A piece of Civil War history has returned to Maine after almost 160 years.The 159-year-old flag was mailed to the Maine Military Museum, along with a picture of James H. Whitmore, who commanded ...

Civil War sailors were some of the saltiest. (Public Domain) Although the Confederacy saw some success at sea, the Confederate Navy was largely outgunned by the Union Navy.

Opportunity ensured he had a place in Civil War history, but his ability sent him to the highest ranks of the Union Army. Parker was born Hasanoanda, a member of the Tonawanda Seneca tribe in ...

A piece of Civil War history has returned to Maine after almost 160 years.The 159-year-old flag was mailed to the Maine Military Museum, along with a picture of James H. Whitmore, who commanded ...

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A piece of Civil War history has returned to Maine after almost 160 years.The 159-year-old flag was mailed to the Maine Military Museum, along with a picture of James H. Whitmore, who commanded ...