I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil War America After discovering that ... young women in uniform easily “passed” as beardless boys. The conditions of camp life—most ...

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

which depicts “Old Abe,” a bald eagle first used as a mascot by the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War. The color of this year's uniform reflects the canopy of ...

During the bloody years when the Civil War tore apart the United States, one place remained ... so long as their weapons were left behind and their uniforms were removed or hidden from view.

On July 18, 1863, one of the first all-Black army regiments to serve in the Civil War stormed Fort Wagner in South Carolina.