Ulysses S Grant was the biggest hero of the Civil War. Johnny Clem might well have been the smallest. Ten years old when he ran away from home and joined the second Michigan Regiment, the drummer boy ...
ANAC copy 39088019586494 gift of Anne T. Graham. Contents Timeline -- To war!: A North star safe quilt -- Create a code -- A Soldier's uniform -- Drill, drill, drill: Drill exercises -- A Coffee can ...
JACKSON, MI – Step back in time to the 1800s at the annual Jackson Civil War Muster. The muster returns Saturday, Aug. 23 and Sunday, Aug. 24 at Cascades Falls Park, 1401 S. Brown St. Much like ...
20 pivotal battles, including the introduction of ironclad warships, during the Civil War that permanently changed American ...
On Dec. 15, 1864 — 160 years ago today — the Battle of Nashville began. Just weeks after his defeats at Spring Hill and Franklin, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood again tried to take his Army of ...
The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...