many young white men in the Civil War South equated military service with adult masculinity. Indeed, the Confederate draft literally defined manhood by limiting enlistment to males at least ...

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated 160 years ago. There had been four years of terrible conflagration and the loss of thousands of lives. I have chosen to honor Black History Month by featuring two of ...

The Civil War touched the life of every citizen. The Union enlisted nearly 180,000 black soldiers. African Americans also served with Confederate forces as laborers and servants — and a handful even ...

Howe of Streator, Ill., the youngest volunteer of the civil war. He enlisted first in 1861, when only 10 years and 9 months old, and served for four months, when he was discharged on account of ...

Civil war veteran Col Nasiru Salami (retd ... Salami recounted his military journey, starting from his enlistment into the Nigerian Army in October 1967. Just six weeks after his training ...