Lesson plan uses primary sources as the inspiration for comparing and contrasting soldiers on either side of the Civil War. After examining uniforms and viewing two short video clips, students will ...

Confederate paper money was a promise to exchange the bill for gold or silver, but only after the Confederacy won the war.

During the U.S. Civil War, the two opposing sides had at least one thing in common -- a love for coffee. However, the North ...

Mastriano represents a central Pennsylvania Senate district that includes Gettysburg, the location of the Civil War’s bloodiest battle, a decisive Union Army win over the Confederate Army in 1863.

Bettencourt has been re-enacting the Civil War for 12 years. He said the annual event at Fort Point is meant to show a soldier’s daily life.

In high school Griffin also expressed an affinity for Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general who led southern forces during the Civil War.

So, effectively, any soldiers that visited Mount Vernon, Confederate or Union soldiers, came out of uniform, with absolutely no flags or anything like that, because it was thought to be totally ...

The NPS says that refurbishing and reinstalling the toppled statue “aligns with federal responsibilities under historic preservation law” ...

Descendants and some Civil War history buffs have been pushing the U.S. Army to award the soldier the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration. They'll soon get their wish.