Only a few years ago, Diana Rambo learned a distant relative had served on the USS Monitor, the warship that elementary school lessons had taught her played a pivotal role in the Civil War.

Says the plaque on the 89th St. plaza: “Erected by the City of New York to commemorate the valor of the soldiers and sailors who in the Civil War fought in defense of the Union.” ...

Illinois Civil War volunteers took up arms in the Union Army, ... Western Illinois man becomes a Civil War sailor. By PHIL REYBURN; Jan 21, 2023 Jan 21, 2023; 0; Facebook; Twitter; ...

More than 150 years after they fought in the Civil War, two unknown crewmen of the USS Monitor, the Union ship in the first battle between two ironclads, will be buried at the Arlington National ...

While many Civil War buffs concentrate on the battles that took place from 1861 to 1865, Farrell, who writes poetry about the human toll of the war, said his focus is on the soldiers.

Several officers were flatly hostile to the presence of African Americans in their crews, while others found them excellent sailors; oddly Bruns doesn't mention that Farragut actually tried to ...

More than 150 years after the USS Monitor sank off North Carolina during the Civil War, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret when it was raised a decade Two Civil War sailors from ...

Harvey, the beloved canine mascot of the 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, will be commemorated with a statue on Public Square in Cleveland.