American Civil War | War History

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…

Surprising Find in Lake Huron: Gold-Carrying Civil War-Era Streamer

December 9 brought about the announcement that the search for a Civil War-era streamer said to be shipwrecked in Lake Huron November 9, 1861 is…

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…