Cashier not only fought the Civil War, but a lot of it ... Cashier completed his term of enlistment, was drummed out of the Army and received a veterans pension. Albert DJ Cashier, photographed ...

As many as 20% of Civil War soldiers were younger than 18 ... Many young soldiers enlisted as musicians -- drummers, fifers, or buglers. In theory, musicians didn't fight. But once a battle ...

Fortunately for the women who disguised themselves as men, enlistment physical examinations ... and died—in all the major battles of the Civil War, participating in clashes in Antietam ...

While white generals are often at the center of Civil War archival research, Black Civil War veterans and their families ...

The CIVIL WAR transformed Cleveland from a commercial village to a ... The city, the county, and individual wards earmarked or raised funds for payment of enlistment bonuses called bounties, in ...