Regardless of the exact figure, the Civil War stands as the bloodiest conflict in American history. (Here’s a list of the wars that killed the most Americans.) Union soldiers fought initially to ...

Click here to see how much soldiers were paid during the Civil War Privates on each side initially earned $11 per month. In June 1864, the Confederates raised each soldier’s pay to $18 per month.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — In Chesapeake, the lives and legacies of Afro Union Civil War soldiers were honored Thursday, making sure that those who served our country are not forgotten.

For several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished ... over several years that they were all Union soldiers deserving of a burial service ...

And now — 145 years after their deaths during the Civil War — they've finally returned home and have been laid to rest in their native Massachusetts. THEY ARE the six Union soldiers unearthed ...

These soldiers, part of the U.S. Colored Troops, made up one-tenth of the fighting forces for the Union Army. Now, 160 years later, 70 Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War from ...

The remains of 28 Civil War veterans and many of ... but the volunteers eventually concluded that all of the soldiers fought for the Union during the war. “It’s amazing that they were still ...