For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...

The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many southerners felt that there was no longer a place for them in the Union ... Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate ...

The three-day battle occurred during the American Civil War; a major ... nation after the Union – led by Major General George Meade - defeated General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia ...

In April 1861, just three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to fill the ranks of the Union Army and end the rebellion in the ...

"Incidents of the war ... Civil War 7 million — Number of Americans lost if 2.5% of the population died in war today 2.1 million — Number of Northerners mobilized to fight for the Union army ...

“It’s not only black history, it’s American history ... Infantry of the U.S. Army paved the way for more than 180,000 African Americans to enlist in the Union Army. Members of the Luzerne ...

Drummer boys played a significant role during the Civil War, including relaying ... as its commander, the Army of Northern Virginia successfully rebuffed the Union forces. Forced to retreat ...

Howard Lambert, the first African American president of the Brandy Station Foundation, has worked tirelessly to bring these ...

On both sides, the Civil ... war. Some would die in battles; others would go on to become political figures in the healing nation. This section displays objects used by or presented to the leaders of ...