Photo Provided Scott Britton identifies the position of Rufus Dawes’ 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry on Culp’s Hill on July 2, 1863, during the Civil War Roundtable’s field trip to Gettysburg in 2014 ...

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When the Civil War erupted in April 1981, Oglesby volunteered his services to Illinois Gov. Richard Yates within three hours of Lincoln's call for troops, Irwin said. Oglesby was appointed colonel of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader and Civil War officer who served in President Ulysses S. Grant’s cabinet, was posthumously admitted Friday to the New York State Bar, an ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ/Gray News) - What’s now known as the Glencoe Museum in Radford used to be the home of Civil War Confederate Gen. Gabriel Wharton. The home was passed down to his family, and when ...

Ron Maxwell talks about the role his faith plays in his career and what attracts him to the generation of the 1860s. If you’ve seen many movie previews at the theater recently, you’ve probably heard ...

For Americans, the first half of April should bring to mind a host of events. It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...

From 1861 to 1865, the United States was ripped in two by war – with the Union in the North and the seceded states, the Confederacy, in the South. These four years witnessed unprecedented bloodshed, ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - What’s now known as the Glencoe Museum in Radford used to be the home of Civil War Confederate General Gabriel Wharton. The home was passed down to his family. When General ...