In the American Civil war there were units on both sides which had uniforms heavily influenced by their individual heritage, fashion crazes or special requirements.
During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North, kidnapping them to sell into slavery. After the ...
A Civil War solider used hardtack in a crafty way.
Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...
Crew on site in January collecting images for National Endowment for the Humanities project creating historic graffiti ...
A trunk filled with reproductions and models of Civil War-era items is giving middle school students here an opportunity to more deeply explore that time period.
In 1944, a group of eight Howard University students took a stand against the status quo in segregated Virginia. Now, a commemorative site honors their efforts to fight back against Jim Crow laws.