Hundreds of women secretly joined the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Some women were brazen enough to enlist as self-appointed officers, or double as female spies. (03:11 ...

One of the defining events of U.S. history is the Civil ... in any other war the U.S. ever fought. Over three million American men enlisted to fight, representing 10 percent of the country’s total ...

The USS Antietam was recognized for its more than 37 years of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony in Hawaii.

(Library of Congress) About 57,000 books have been published on the American Civil War so what possibly could ... The 11th Connecticut lost the commanding officer, Col. Henry Kingsbury (mortally ...