Timeline of American Civil War – some important dates and events
It has been 150 years since the end of America’s deadliest conflict, the American Civil War, in which an estimated 750,000 Americans died fighting each…
HISTORY IN YOUR HANDS – By Phil Hodges
Phil Hodges takes a brief look at collecting militaria with the help of advice from experienced dealers Denis Exall and James Aslett.Photographs © Denis Exall…
War History: Ten Women Working for the Enemy
Women were not generally accepted within the battlefields of war history yet they played vital roles in the two major war efforts as well were…
Environmental clean-up set to reveal US Civil War-era weapons trove
The capital city of South Carolina, Columbia, and an allied stronghold was sacked by the Union army on 17th February 1865. William Sherman, the General…
African American Civil War contingent suffered unrivalled hardships
Over 100,000 African American troops formed part of the Union Army during the American Civil War from 1861-65. Most fought with the Unionists to put…
Should Women Be Allowed to Kill and Be Killed on the Battlefield?
The British are renewing a debate about the role of women in combat. While they serve in artillery units and in other roles in engineering…
Union Soldier to Receive Medal of Honor 150 Years After His Death
Pres. Obama will do the honor of presenting a Union Army officer the nation’s highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, a century and a…
Civil War Ship USS Westfield Recovered from Houston Ship Channel
A 150-year-old Civil War ship was recovered from the Houston Ship Channel’s bottom and restored in a five-year project that yielded countless artifacts dating way…
Timothy O’Sullivan: Civil War Photographer
Timothy O’Sullivan was born in 1840 and was a photographer. Born in Ireland, his parents emigrated to the United States in 1842. O’Sullivan died of…