The Buffalo Soldiers, African American military regiments formed after the American Civil War, left a legacy of service in ...

Because federal troops had been stationed in Austin after the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black Americans found a safe place to raise their families in Austin.

Did you know that Confederate Missouri leaders actually moved to Shreveport and then Marshall, Texas, to establish the ...

“These are my people,” he said. Coleman is researching the 29 Civil War soldiers buried in East Union’s cemetery. He has discovered the challenges the soldiers faced, the families they left ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

Pillow, Tennessee on April 12, 1864 100,000+ — Number of Civil War Union corpses found in the South through a federal reinterment program from 1866-1869 303,356 — Number of Union soldiers who ...

In this blog post, Jabour explores the multitude of women who dressed as men to fight—and die—in all the major battles of the Civil War. 'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil ...

By pairing up California and Texas in an unlikely seceding coalition ... Why were the soldiers after the US President? In ...