For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...

In a traditional service offered to Civil War veterans, the historical 4th U.S. Infantry Regiment dressed in Union uniforms ...

Throughout much of the Civil War, a key Union objective was to penetrate ... thus ending Burnside's campaign. 5. Rifled Musket Union and Confederate troops make use of the rifled musket, which ...

The musket ball was finally removed 17 years ... Tom Schmitt, Indiana commander for the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, served in the U.S. Marine Corps, his inspiration for telling ...

Visitors were able to watch various historical demonstrations including the firing of canons and musket drills.

Photograph showing Union soldiers with rifles at attention in front of the Capitol. May 13, 1861. Courtesy: Library of Congress Whitman was forty-two years old when the Civil War started.