Joshua Chamberlain, a hero of Gettysburg, was the first person to receive the white flag from the Confederates at Appomattox Court House...
Herbert George in the fall of 1863 was eager to leave behind his uniform as a soldier in the 10th Vermont regiment...
Henry Tisdale was a 25-year-old sergeant in the 35th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry when a Confederate sniper shot him in...
When William Scott of Groton, Vt., signed up to fight for the Union at the start of the Civil War, the eager,...