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 ...
Civil War historians in Lackawanna County are looking to bring back a piece of history thought to be lost decades ago.
The Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home is recognizing National Medal of Honor Day. The volunteer resources coordinator, ...
Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...
especially those with an interest in the Civil War. It was here that Confederate troops clashed with Union soldiers for three days in July 1863, resulting in a decisive victory for the North.
Envision the battlefield, ten miles from the Maryland border in Pennsylvania on July 1 to ... and that’s a very special thing. “The Civil War soldiers accidentally made us a country, made ...
Others show how a loved one was cherished through a photograph. This section displays objects that helped the soldier get through the atrocities of war—objects that have helped generations since in ...
Pillow, Tennessee on April 12, 1864 100,000+ — Number of Civil War Union corpses found in the South through a federal reinterment program from 1866-1869 303,356 — Number of Union soldiers who ...