Demonstrations and programs throughout the day will highlight military and civilian life during the Civil War, with a special ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial supply, the absence of which threatened to sap the fighting strength of the Northern army: coffee. This critical source of energy ...

A reproduction Civil War rifle alone can cost more than $1,000 ... learn that his ancestors served in the 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry, a Union regiment of free blacks and liberated slaves, until ...

The 7th Cavalry ... of the war, behind Gettysburg, with the Confederates suffering the most casualties. According to estimates cited by the American Battlefield Trust, the Union army suffered ...