
Head-Tilting History
Explore famed author Louisa May Alcott's life as a passionate Civil War nurse in Washington, D.C. and learn how her experiences shaped "Hospital Sketches," which laid the foundation for her later literary triumphs.
Who were the steeds carried those larger-than-life figures that history books will never forget, from Ulysses S. Grant to Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson?
Not all Civil War letters and photographs met the hands of their target recipients, but the Dead Letter Office offered a second-chance of uniting these materials with their intended.
Hailing from the land of of bagpipes, tartan kilts, haggis and the legendary Loch Ness Monster, Scots without-a-doubt made their mark on America's founding conflict.
More than canteen carriers, these “daughters of the regiment” braved the chaos of war to tend to soldiers on and off the battlefield. Learn about three valorous vivandières of the Civil War.
This International Artists Day, let’s learn about the people who shaped how we remember the American Revolution and the early days of our new nation.
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