Others show how a loved one was cherished through a photograph. This section displays objects that helped the soldier get through the atrocities of war—objects that have helped generations since in ...

In the last months of his life, serious doubts were raised about the alleged soldier's age and the claim that he fought in ...

The conditions of camp life—most soldiers slept fully clothed ... female soldiers were especially dedicated members of the Civil War military. An unnamed New Jersey woman, whose “military ...