Category: Military

The Fort Pillow Massacre occurred after the Union defeat at the battle of Fort Pillow in Henning, Tennessee on April 12, 1864. During the initial phase of the battle, the… Read more »

After African-American men were allowed to join the Union army in the summer of 1862, the Confederate army instituted a policy to sell all captured black Union soldiers into slavery…. Read more »

African-Americans who served as soldiers in the Civil War didn’t receive the same treatment as white soldiers. When African-American soldiers were finally allowed to enlist in the Union army in… Read more »

Gettysburg is historic for many reasons, not just because of the famous Battle of Gettysburg that occurred there in 1863. In 1937, it was discovered that dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures… Read more »

Castle Thunder in Richmond, Virginia, was one of the few Confederate prisons that held not only male prisoners of war but women prisoners as well. Located along Tobacco row, near… Read more »

The Civil War had a major effect on the lives of the famous conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker. The twins owned a large plantation of about 700 acres and… Read more »

A total of eight women, disguised as male soldiers, fought in the historic Battle of Antietam in September of 1862. The battle was a decisive one for the Union, as… Read more »

Despite the fact that women were not allowed to join the military during the Civil War, hundreds of women fought as secret soldiers during the war and at least seven… Read more »

Paul Revere had a large family with a total of 51 grandchildren. Three of Revere’s grandchildren, Paul Joseph Revere, Joseph Warren Revere and Edward Hutchinson Revere, served in the Union… Read more »

The Battle of Shiloh was a major Civil War battle that occurred on April 6 and 7 of 1862 in Hardin County, Tennessee. The battle occurred when 40,000 Confederate soldiers… Read more »