Thousands of volunteers work to decode handwritten records from America's past. The National Archives program includes Revolutionary War pension files and Civil War documents.

The Battle of Chickamauga was fought for three days in September of 1863 during the American Civil War. It was the Union’s most significant defeat in the Western Theater and the second battle with the ...

Memorial Day traces its earliest origins to the courageous efforts of African American soldiers who fought valiantly in the ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America.

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic ...

Clarence Walker: Before the Civil War, maybe no more than ten to 15 percent ... them of a number of the tools that marked you as an American citizen; and that it was necessary, if they were ...

The American Civil War is a pivotal and ugly moment in American history, but it's more misunderstood than you would think. We're breaking down some myths about Lincoln, women soldiers, racist ...

Groups like Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War worked together to research information on 15 veterans so their graves ...

The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg has expanded its Women at War exhibit. The display highlights the essential ...

By Steve Preston Special to NKyTribune We’re celebrating ten years of Our Rich History. You can browse and read any of the ...

Black Civil War soldier Private Aaron Bromley is buried in an unmarked Monroe grave. A Temperance teen is making sure he's ...