"Incidents of the war: A harvest of death." The three days of conflict at Gettysburg resulted in 51,000 casualties, making it the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Courtesy: Library of Congress From ...

With the coming of the Civil War, and the staggering casualties it ushered in, death entered the experience of the American people as it never had before — permanently altering the character of the ...

If violence erupts, that will provide an excuse to send troops to crush "insurrectionists." That strategy might work, but ...

In her book This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, historian Drew Gilpin Faust writes that Civil War deaths — both their... Drew Faust On The 'Shared Suffering' Of The Civil War ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Shenandoah University Civil War Institute Director Jonathan Noyalas provided opening remarks for his lecture about civilian casualties and the ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) -- Two Civil War veterans who lived in northern Michigan were honored Tuesday afternoon more than 100 years after their deaths. Private John Fish and Private ...

Each Memorial Day, Americans honor the service members who gave their lives for their country. From the nation's founding to its modern military operations overseas, hundreds of thousands of U.S.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archeologists working for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation discovered the remains of four Confederate soldiers. The crew was excavating a site ...

You thought the funeral was over? So did we. But history has a flair for the dramatic. In Part II, the 150-year-old ceremony ...

Although the photo is authentic, serious doubts have been raised about the man's age and claims of military service. In October 2024, a photo circulated online allegedly showing "a 116-year-old U.S.

Archeologists working for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation discovered the remains of four Confederate soldiers. The crew was excavating a site that once stored gunpowder during the American ...