The Union soldiers were driving 900 head of cattle towards Louisville when they were surprised by a Confederate attack where ...

Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas in the Civil War. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

On Jan. 25, 1865, a company of Black Union soldiers was ambushed by Confederate guerrillas in Simpsonville, Kentucky. Kentucky was technically neutral during the Civil War, but it was also home to ...

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KENTUCKY—Live Science reports that archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a forgotten and grim event of the Civil War. On January 25, 1865, a company of Black Union Soldiers were ...

We’re celebrating ten years of Our Rich History. You can browse and read any of the past columns, from the present all the ...

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

Neither Delaware nor Kentucky ended slavery during ... All amputations were done without anesthesia. Plenty of Civil War movies show screaming soldiers having their mangled limbs amputated with ...

When Pulaski’s Edwin Ayers joined the Union Army during the Civil War, an officer made the 16-year-old a drummer boy because ...