Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. was a career U.S. Navy officer who commanded vessels operating around Arkansas during the Civil War and was indirectly responsible for the later destruction of the Mississippi ...

Civil War reenactor Sgt. Shonkwiler visits Hinkle Creek Elementary to teach students with authentic attire and artifacts.

NORMAL — You would have to be a very talented mathematician to figure out the odds of a Civil War officer's training manual being found among a group of more than 7,000 donated books, set aside and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer who served in President Ulysses S. Grant’s cabinet, was posthumously admitted Friday to the New York State Bar, an ...

Civil War artifacts and historical materials were the focus of a presentation during a Quincy Gillmore Civil War Round Table meeting held at Lorain County Community College on Feb. 2. The meeting took ...

WASHINGTON — Weak and bleeding, a Union Army officer who stood fast commanding his artillery battery and was killed as thousands of Confederate forces advanced on his troops received an honor Thursday ...

The search focused on a battlefield tied to a Civil War cavalry officer’s final moments. Written accounts provided direction, but only the ground could confirm it. Metal detecting revealed artifacts ...