The letters signify fraternity, charity and loyalty. The marker was patterned after the Civil War Grand Army of the Republic Badge.

They also utilized a resource from the state of Minnesota that lists all soldiers who fought in the ... George Buswell’s Civil War” that he edited with Reagan Connelly, visit ...

An Iron Brigade soldier’s legacy lives on in his Civil War diary, preserved and shared by his descendants. Charles H. Walker, who settled in Rio after the war, recorded his nearly four years of ...

A backyard excavation uncovers the remains of a Civil War soldier, marking a profound historical moment! Join us as we respectfully witness the discovery of one of the last Confederate soldiers ...

Later, guests visited the Locust Hill African Cemetery for a wreath presentation that acknowledged Black soldiers who died during Civil War action.

He is a graduate of Grinnell College with a master’s degree from Carroll University. During his time as the education supervisor at the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Va., he ...

He began by transcribing the handwriting. Literacy rates were high on both sides during the Civil War—about 90 percent for Union soldiers, above 80 percent for Confederates. Still, many enlisted ...

Late in the morning of April 9, 1865, at the village of Appomattox Virginia, the American Civil War was coming to an end after four long and bloody years. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the ...

BEAUFORT, S.C. (WSAV) — Beaufort officials are working on designs for a new park that will honor the first Black Civil War soldiers who once fought on the city’s soil. City officials called ...

At 29, the Scranton-born soldier succumbed to injuries received in battle. Creeping up on nearly two centuries later, the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Association of Scranton and Civil War ...