'Tis Not Our War': Why Most Americans Dodged the Civil War Draft and Deserted the Union Army It's not hard to understand why so many Americans join the military during a time of crisis.
For 20 Years, She's Tried to Solve a Civil War Mystery in New Jersey. Now She Has a Big Clue. Alice Smith is on the hunt for Alligator Jr., a possibly 30-foot-long, 30-ton waterlogged iron prototype of a Union Civil War...
10 Army Bases Named After Confederate Officers All ten bases are located in former Confederate states.
How This 'Most Unfortunate' Civil War General Helped Give America the Statue of Liberty Charles Pomeroy Stone served as the statue’s chief engineer, and in that capacity, he was in charge of overseeing shipments...
6 Simple Reasons the Union Won the Civil War Cotton, slaves and arrogance just weren't going to be enough to overcome everything else the Confederates lacked during the...
A Journalist Traces His Family Tree Back to Ancestor Who Served in Black Regiment in Civil War Darren Sands was researching his family history when he found a riveting missing piece.
How the US Military Helped Create the Juneteenth Holiday On June 19, 1865, slaves in Texas -- the last rebel state to be occupied by the Union Army -- finally heard the words of the...
In Reversal, Virginia School Board Votes to Restore Confederate Generals’ Names to 2 Schools Shenandoah County's school board voted 5-1 to rename Mountain View High School as Stonewall Jackson High School and Honey Run...
Lincoln's Civil War Order to Block Confederate Ports Donated to Illinois by Governor and First Lady The document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union's military response to the launch of the U.S. Civil War is now...
Taps: How a Medal of Honor Recipient Gave America its Most Famous Military Bugle Call Ever The central role that Daniel Butterfield played in taps was largely unknown until the late 19th century, only coming to light...
Amphibious Ship Suffers Breakdown, Marking at Least Third Navy Mechanical Issue This Year One of the Navy's amphibious warships suffered a major mechanical failure earlier this week that forced it to return to port...
2 Virginia Guardsmen Are Running a Rural Anti-Government Militia Staff Sgts. Daniel Abbott and Alexandra Griffeth jointly run the Campbell County Militia, which operates in the rural...
Navy Chief Demoted After Installing Unauthorized Satellite Dish on Warship to Access Internet Internet access is restricted while a ship is underway to maintain bandwidth for military operations and to protect against...
Soldiers Set to Get One Shoulder-Fired Round to Replace Multiple Weapons in Move to Ease Loads, Training The XM919 Individual Assault Munition is intended to replace the service’s various anti-tank and anti-structure rounds with a...
Astronauts Stuck on Space Station Will Be Brought Back Home by Space Force Guardian A Space Force officer will command a mission later this month to safely bring home two astronauts who have been unexpectedly...
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-08/1time%20harpers%20civil%20war%20draft%201200.jpg?itok=7RlQWid3 ""Don't you see the point?" From Harper's Weekly, August 29, 1863.")
