Animals in Peace and War in Mid-Nineteenth Century America. While historians have often written about the role of animals in society and warfare, in this excellent new work Prof. Hess (Lincoln ...

Role of Civil War Animals During the Civil War, animals served in a variety of roles, from transporting supplies to acting as regimental mascots. … About C-SPAN ...

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at a loss. One such oddity — a ragged chunk of leather — is part of the Civil ...

Wasik and Murphy excel whether describing small details of 19th-century animal life or explaining the bigger picture of the animal welfare movement’s place in a rapidly industrializing society.

Even though the Civil War has been thoroughly studied for over 160 years, new discoveries are still being made. Last spring, a Civil War-era cannonball was found in the backyard of a Virginia home.

The Civil War started in April 1861 and raged for over four years. From Fort Sumter to Appomattox and beyond, here are the most basic facts you need.