In a video clip from the 1930s, old Confederate soldiers step up to a microphone and let loose with the howling yelp that was once known as the fearsome "Rebel yell." From "The Rebel's Yell," Courtesy ...
As the nation prepares to celebrate Juneteenth, the legacy of thousands of Black Civil War soldiers who once trained in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, will never be forgotten, thanks to the Camp ...
At first glance, there was nothing unusual about Pvt. Lyons Wakeman. The service record in the National Archives is similar to countless other Civil War soldiers. Coloring: Fair complected with brown ...
A Juneteenth ceremony will honor 52 Black veterans of the Civil War buried at North Burial Ground in Providence, RI. The Juneteenth Project partners with the city cemetery to highlight the veterans' ...
Images of some of the 19th Century flags in the Kansas Historical Society's collection that have degraded over time. Tom Schmidt is one of the people spearheading a program that would help raise funds ...
A rendering of Pennsylvania soldiers voting by artist William Waud was published in Harper’s Weekly, Oct. 29, 1864. (Library of Congress) “We cannot have free government without elections,” President ...