Hidden in a small family cemetery in the Georgia woods is the grave of Benjamin Williams, believed to be the youngest soldier of the American Civil War. Born in 1854, he reportedly joined the ...

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Sarah Emma Edmonds disguised herself as a man to join the 2nd Michigan Infantry's Company F, known as the Flint Union Greys.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution when they uncovered the eye sockets of a human skull.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An acre of land owned by the city of Richmond contains potentially hundreds of unmarked graves, some of which could belong to Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War, ...

A new visitor center for the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp will preserve history and expand education on the site known as ...

Lesson plan uses primary sources as the inspiration for comparing and contrasting soldiers on either side of the Civil War. After examining uniforms and viewing two short video clips, students will ...

J. Mark Powell's new book, "Witness to War," tells the story of the Civil War objectively through the letters of ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Archaeologists in Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution when they uncovered the eye sockets of a human skull. The ...

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