Courtesy: Library of Congress Whitman was forty-two years old when the Civil War ... lost in New York, searching for a greater sense of purpose. Through his ministrations of wounded soldiers ...

Brave black Civil War soldier Sandy Wills was recently given a heartfelt military burial — after his great-great-great-granddaughter, Spectrum News NY1 anchor Cheryl Wills, tracked down his ...

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 ...

While they were celebrated in the streets of New York, they also soon encountered a wave of hatred and violence. Chad Williams, the Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Chair in History and the author of ...