The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

During the bloody years when the Civil War tore apart the United States, one place remained ... Confederate or Union soldiers, came out of uniform, with absolutely no flags or anything like ...

It says Carney was born into slavery in Virginia, but relocated to Massachusetts where he joined the Union ... (U.S. Army) That act of bravery was recreated for the final scene of the Civil War ...

The Civil War was the deadliest war in America ... The ceremony included the U.S. 4th Infantry Regiment dressed in Union ...

It says Carney was born into slavery in Virginia, but relocated to Massachusetts where he joined the Union Army’s first official Black unit in 1863. His finest hour in uniform occurred in July ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States ... purpose of the Civil War had now changed. The North was not only fighting to preserve the Union, it was ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union ... army alcohol rations with coffee, in hopes of energizing the troops and reducing instances of drunken insubordination. By 1860, the U.S. was importing ...