Braxton Bragg was a West Point-trained U.S. Army officer who became one of the Confederacy's most prominent — and most ...

The smell of used gunpowder filled the air at Sacramento’s Battlefield Park, located in McLean County off Highway 81, on ...

Relatively few people are aware that during the Civil War, Confederate leaders put forth a proposal to arm slaves to fight against the Union in exchange for their freedom. In his new book Confederate ...

Battle of Franklin. November 30, 1864 (Library of Congress). The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on opposite sides ...

Michigan copper was absolutely crucial to Union victory in the Civil War. While the Ducktown mines in Tennessee produced just ...

The Daily Mining Gazette, in cooperation with other Upper Peninsula newspapers is running companion pieces to our America 250 ...