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How Joshua Chamberlain saved Andrew Tozier's life — after the war.

There’s no telling how many Union soldiers and prominent local figures are buried beneath the dense overgrowth at Herr Chapel Cemetery. Many monuments are sunken, caked in moss or eroded beyond legibility. Others appear to simply be half-buried rocks, and may or may not indicate a grave. Without the worn,

By Carla CharterHe was confined in the prisons Millen, Libby, Savannah and Andersonville. While there a chain of lightning opened a rock giving water to the parched and starving prisoners—Obituary of William N. Dexter, Orange Enterprise and...

On Feb. 14, 1898, butcher Richard Fenner passed away in Cranston at the age of 78. His estate consisted of a good deal of property which was to pass to his next of kin. The problem was that his …

Antique firearms, Bowie knives, Civil War broadsides and imprints, folk art soldier-carved pipes, and manuscript archives from the famed dealer spark robust bidding setting records in the ...

Capture is an occupational hazard for soldiers and escape is a POW’s duty—some even succeed with imagination and style.

Photograph of Nancy taken by an itinerant photographer during her capture. Her facial expression clearly shows her displeasure at being forced to wear the hat. This image is a large mural on the side of a building in Richwood, West Virginia, where she is widely revered as a heroine. Women Spies ... | Pocahontas Times

When he was 30, Payson Wolfe enlisted in the Union Army in August of 1863 at Northport and was in the service for 3 years. He became a member of the all-Native Company K of the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters.

When he was 30, Payson Wolfe enlisted in the Union Army in August of 1863 at Northport and was in the service for 3 years. He became a member of the all-Native Company K of the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters.

When he was 30, Payson Wolfe enlisted in the Union Army in August of 1863 at Northport and was in the service for 3 years. He became a member of the all-Native Company K of the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters.