Johnston, believing the city indefensible, began withdrawing his army from it on May 13 as the Union corps approached. On May 14, 1863 ... during battles in the Civil War, to the point where ...

John Leach learned that his great-great grandfather served in the Civil War and was buried without a gravestone, so he did ...

The Civil War had ... On March 6, 1863, the Secretary of War was informed that "seven hundred and fifty blacks who were waiting for an opportunity to join the Union Army had been rescued from ...

The flag, made in Philadelphia in 1863, is faded and has patches ... The departmental commander for the Iowa Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was involved in beginning a restoration project ...

A Plum woman who teaches students about American history learned about her own ties to one of the most significant chapters ...

The American Civil War ... 19, 1863, a crowd of 15,000 gathered to witness the dedication of a military cemetery on the battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where thousands of Union and ...

Carried by the 11th Virginia Infantry during Pickett’s Charge, a failed Confederacy assault in 1863 ... sword of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman last May, to list the flag for ...

Ten months into the Civil ... An 1863 coffee package featured a nonchalant Uncle Sam seated on a cannon, whittling, with a torn Confederate flag under his foot. Library of Congress The Union ...

It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of the Civil War. Charging with the ... Shot several times, Carney held the flag aloft as the unit dropped back, returning it to Union lines.