William Harvey Carney actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect of his fellow ...

He was a big gelding who caught the eye of a Union colonel, a swarthy Irishman ... The outbreak of the Civil War saw him hurrying back to Cincinnati to offer his rhetorical services to a local ...

Col. McLane and his men accomplished this task to the great satisfaction of his commanding officer, Lt.-Col Hiram M. Hiller, ...

Originally known as “Louis,” the river landing community in Izard County officially changed its name to Guion on April 24, ...

Bowdoin College - Maine's oldest -- was chartered in 1794 when Maine was still part of Massachusetts. One of its most famous alumni is today Brunswick's most beloved former resident, the late Col.

Deciding who is a hero certainly depends on one’s point of view. During the Civil War, spy operations were instrumental in ...

Morgan had one goal in the American Civil War, and that was to harass and hinder the Union Army as it invaded the South.

A later letter noted Col. John Taylor Radford had died ... Hayes had fought for the Union against Wharton in the Civil War’s early years, and wrote Wharton requesting a photo.