Who helped supply the Union army’s depot in Galena, Illinois during the Civil War? The monks at this abbey, of course. Their work is why you’ll find many of the beautiful buildings that still stand on the hills just outside of Dubuque…..
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Sam Davis had an important choice to make. His decision would determine if he would live or be hung…..
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His job was to use his stealth to maneuver through enemy lines and gather as much information as possible for his own army. His story is one that almost everyone in the state of Tennessee knows by heart….
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Civil War engineers were simply running out of names, but that doesn’t mean the forts here were not important. It’s a place where the Union troops simply named their forts for the letters of the alphabet…..
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As you may know, we do all of our stories from the actual location where they occur. While we did travel to this town, our computer ate the interview sometime after the broadcast, but that didn’t keep us from getting John Holtzclaw on the phone to talk about the 600 civil war troops that will soon arrive in his hometown…..
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One hundred fifty years ago, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter. The man who returned fire for the Union, became far more famous for something unrelated to the war…..
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75 years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the veterans of the Civil War were still coming here for reunions……
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Mention the name William Quantrill in Kansas or Missouri, and you’re likely to get stories of Quantrill’s Raiders sweeping into Kansas to burn cities and take lives. The infamous confederate leader died during the Civil War and is buried in two graves 600 miles from each other…..
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There are nearly 400 national park sites in the United States. Today we visit one of the newest in the system; a place of vital importance in American history, yet a place many have never heard of…..
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Farmer’s crops can fall prey to the elements of mother nature. Heat, hail, wind and much more can destroy a crop. In 1864 it was fire that wiped out the crops and the farmsteads of many here…..
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Our history books tell us the south had many slave holding plantations in the years leading up to the Civil War. So it may be a little surprising to find such an operation here…..
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I always enjoy the chance to explore Alexandria, Virginia. It’s a historic city and I recently happened upon a new museum–a place I recommend all to visit–and the price is free….
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There was nothing left to do. A group of 15-21 year old students would be forced into battle if there was any hope of defending this fertile farm valley in Virginia. What resulted is an event still commemorated annually…..
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Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley is one of the most scenic farming regions in the world. The fertile valley is flanked by tree-lined ridges nears the states border with West Virginia. It’s also the place where northern and southern soldiers clashed over control of what was then the nation’s breadbasket…
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In the days of the Civil War, many regiments consisted of men all from the same county. Each regiment had their own flag and when the war ended, most of those groups of soldiers turned in their flags to their respective state…
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Imagine you had invented a new type of rifle that could be helpful to the U.S. military. How would you go about selling your device? This man simply took his rifle and ammunition and showed up at the White House…
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It was a village inside Arlington National Cemetery, a place where people found refuge during the Civil War. Here’s the story of the unique city and the history behind those buried in this section of the grounds…
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Although most visitors to Arlington National Cemetery simply see the Tomb of the Unknowns and perhaps the JFK grave site, there are many interesting areas of these grounds, including what is perhaps the most historic spot–section 27…
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The Civil War ended in 1865, but how long did the veterans of that war live? There is some controversy over who was the last man standing, but we do know this retirement home was caring for vets during the Truman administration…
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Today veteran’s hospitals and retirement homes are common place, but in the years after the Civil War, grassroots efforts began to establish and fund the first such facilities. This is the story of the north and south and the care of their former soldiers…
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