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

The Civil-War was the deadliest conflict in American history, and of the regiments assembled to preserve the Union, none suffered more losses in battle than the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment.

They were used by the Confederate Army to halt Union forces from retreats ... two examples of these rare forgotten weapons of history, the historic Civil War-era landmine! A development that ...

As many as 20% of Civil War soldiers were younger than 18. That was the minimum recruiting age for Union soldiers ... the walls of their homes and artillery burst all around them.

One of the major accomplishments during the Civil War was the establishment ... Hospitals routinely took both Union and Confederate wounded. In the larger battles of the war the casualties were ...

As bedraggled Union troops retreated to their camp along ... so the younger Johnston became a drummer boy -- a critical position during the Civil War that was responsible for much more than ...