The July 16th, 1863 assault on Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina, was one of the more famous actions of the Civil War involving African American troops. As depicted in the 1989 motion...
From the earliest days of the Civil War, Washington DC was a busy hub of military activity in addition to being the home of the Federal government. With the Confederacy and a hostile army...
Both the Union and Confederate armies were plagued by desertions in the Civil War. One estimate on the Union side placed the number of deserters at over 200,000. Men deserted for various reasons; some...