to the Civil War, when a grieving country sought to honor the many brave men lost in the bloody conflict, including Sgt. Joseph Allen Frith. Frith was a handsome, 23-year-old, gray-eyed farmer who ...

Charles Nathan Everts was a Union sergeant in the Civil War, in Company D, 4th Regiment of the Kansas Infantry. He died on ...

As the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment stormed ... It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of the Civil War. Charging with the 54th was Sgt. William Carney, who saw ...

Under fire and incredible stress, Color Sergeant ... ending the Civil War. After the fighting ceased, Barnum, Kiggins and the rest of the 149th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment were mustered ...

Nervous before combat, the infantry got chatty and revealed deep knowledge of Civil War history. “Of course the war was about slavery,” Confederate Sergeant Matthew Connor said. “Read any st ...

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms fired musket volleys and the crowd sang "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." ...

The third week of September 1861, a Wayne County regiment organized at Richmond for the Civil War. This was the 36 th Indiana Infantry ... promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant and so enthused ...

nearly a quarter century after the Civil War ended. A Confederate sergeant of the 14th Virginia Infantry Regiment prepared his soldiers at camp for the impending “Battle of Siemers Farm.” ...

Then again, assault of the enemy infantry formations by column was less common in American Civil War battles in contrast to the Napoleonic battles. The American commanders liked to march in column and ...

How so many Civil War veterans killed in battles came to ... Beech, Medal of Honor recipient, who served in Company B, 4th New Jersey Infantry. Sergeant Beech’s Medal of Honor Action took ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Two soldiers who fought with the Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War and were hanged during the battle, will be awarded the Medal of Honor. George Davenport Wilson ...