# Union Army
12 Unbelievable Obstacles Black Soldiers in the Civil War Faced
179,000 black men served in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War while a further 19,000 served in the U.S. Navy. As historian Ira Berlin and colleagues put it, black men…
American Tragedy: 40 Disturbing Photographs from the Battlefields of the Civil War
In today’s world of mass image collecting and “selfies,” it is hard to imagine a world in which some sort…
This Day In History: The Union Defeat the Confederates At Cedar Creek (1864)
On this date in history, a Union army was nearly destroyed at the Battle fo Cedar Creek in the American…
This Day In History: The Union Captures Chattanooga In The American Civil War
On this day in history during the American Civil War, the Union captures the key Confederate stronghold of Chattanooga. This…
This Day In hIstory: The Confedracy Wins the Battle of Richmond (1862)
On this day in history, there was a decisive victory for the south over the north in the American Civil…
On This Day In History: First Battle of Bull Run (1861)
In the first major battle of the Civil War, a large Yankee force was beaten by a Confederate army led…
Today in History: The Confederates Defeated the Union Army at Brice Crossroads (1864)
In 1864 the American Civil War between the Confederates and the Union Army was at a critical stage. The Union…