Hundreds of women secretly joined the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Some women were brazen enough to enlist as self-appointed officers, or double as female spies. Who Was the ...

Frederick Douglass, “Address for the Promotion of Colored Enlistments,” 6 Jul 1863, quoted in Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America (New York: Simon & ...

Courtesy: Library of Congress From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged ... death rate for all Civil War soldiers 3:1 — Ratio of Confederate deaths to Union deaths 9:1 — Ratio of African ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a ... was reportedly difficult to maintain in the Confederate Army, where, one Union soldier noted, “they get no tea or coffee but plenty ...

These objects belonged to the men and boys who fought on the front lines for both Confederate and Union forces ... This section displays objects that helped the soldier get through the atrocities of ...

For four straight years, Union and Confederate soldiers battled during the bloodiest ... by the American people throughout the Civil War.

The Civil War was the deadliest war in America ... One deserted the Confederate Army to become a Union soldier, and another ...

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 ...

These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops, made up one-tenth of the fighting forces for the Union Army. Now, 160 years later, 70 Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War from ...

The Jessamine County Courthouse lawn is home to a one-of-a-kind Confederate Civil War monument that wears a Union soldier's hat. David Swartz is a historian and professor, who spent five years ...