This historic survival meal was given to soldiers during the American Civil War, but its roots go much deeper than that.

Long before we did this at football games, it was done on the battlefield during the American Civil War - and it goes back ...

Every soldier fears dying in combat. But in the Civil War, being taken prisoner was nearly as life-threatening, with contagious illnesses spreading like wildfire in unsanitary prison camps. How ...

An Alabama man claims that his coffee shop is haunted by the ghost of a soldier from the Civil War – and says he has the video to prove it. Joshua Dairen, 31, and his wife, Keema Miller, 31 ...

Jonathan Rice, author and resident of Atria Bell Court Gardens, recently read passages from his book, "Moving Mountains: A Study in Civil War Logistics," at an event at the assisted-living ...

For certain women during the Civil War, staying home or following the army to cook and care for the men wasn't enough. Hundreds of women, disguised as men, entered the.

Civil War Soldiers Buried at Home ... "They were found in what's now the drive-through lane for fast-food pickup," said Dalton Rector, a local historian and member of the NVRHA.

Four children of Civil War soldiers still live in Virginia ... two years ago always tended a massive garden that yielded prize-winning vegetables and quarts and quarts of canned food for the winter.

Originally a supply depot for Union forces in Kentucky, Camp Nelson became the site where 10,000 Black soldiers trained in the Civil War. ... Food has become a major factor in the war.

While it has been called by several nicknames, the Union Army of the Potomac referred to the ration as hardtack, and the name stuck. When stored properly, hardtack would last for years. Because it ...