A ceremony to honor Jefferson County’s last Civil War veteran was held recently at the Brookville Cemetery, when a special ...

On July 4, 1863, after 47 days of battle, Lt. General John Pemberton’s Confederate troops surrendered to General Ulysses S.

By this Declaration, Americans asserted their unwillingness to be serfs or vassals to an unaccountable ruler, but rather as ...

This video offers a historic walkthrough of Ulysses S. Grant’s residence in Galena, IL, where he lived after the Civil War.

A ceremony to honor Jefferson County’s last Civil War veteran was held recently at the Brookville Cemetery, when a special ...

The Vicksburg National Military Park today stretches over 1800 acres worth of ravines, woods, and fields. The Vicksburg ...

The Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable will present a special July program at the Palace Theater July 16 at 6 p.m.

Award-winning Civil War historian William Marvel looks at the seeming revival of Confederate military efforts in the first half of 1864, despite devastating reverses incurred during the previous year, ...

The Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable will present a special Wednesday, July 16, program, “Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ...

COLD HARBOR | CIVIL WAR In the spring of 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant had the Confederates on their heels. Two massive battles, the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House had just taken place ...

But he appreciates Grant’s sending the original message with his adjutant Gen. Seth Williams, who had been Lee’s adjutant when he was superintendent at West Point – and that a Union orderly ...

In late May, Ulysses S. Grant, commander of all Union forces, pushed his troops south through Virginia, arriving near a crossroads about 12 miles northeast of Richmond known as Cold Harbor.