This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — In honor of ...
The 1850s and 1860s in America saw the rise of the “sentimental domestic idea.” Women were held up as examples of purity, piety, and submissiveness. In the American antebellum period, precise and ...
MARION, Va. (WCYB) — The Smyth County Museum recently got a piece of local history more than 150 years old. The restored Civil War uniform belonged to John Montgomery Preston who was a Marion resident ...
The Mother Bickerdyke Memorial in Galesburg, Ill., represents Mary Bickerdyke holding a cup of water for a wounded soldier. This may be the only Civil War memorial dedicated to a woman by sculptor ...
Nearly 150 years after the battle took place, the Little Bighorn Battlefield is still yielding its history. On Monday, a Civil War-era uniform cuff button was discovered by park visitors. In a post on ...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — In honor of Women’s History Month, local historical society chapters paid tribute to Civil War nurse and Fort Wayne native Helena Wolff at Lindenwood Cemetery on Saturday.