On the morning of September 29, 1864, as dawn broke over eastern Virginia, some 700 1 black soldiers in the 4th and 6th regiments of ... more than a footnote in Civil War history—a battle ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... changed hands 72 times during the war, and the state of Missouri sent 39 regiments to fight in the siege of Vicksburg: 17 to the Confederacy and ...

That’s pretty ironic considering Lawton’s Hill was used as a training ground and campsite for troops headed for the Civil War. In fact, two Union Army units — the 48th and 96th regiments ...