Dr. Alexander Thomas Augusta faced many challenges being the first Black surgeon commissioned in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was eventually recognized for his merits and was the first ...

July 1 marked 150 years since the beginning of the Battle of Gettysburg, a crucial victory for the Union and a turning point in the Civil War. But it came at an enormous cost to both sides — thousands ...

JANESVILLE – “There are few citizens of Janesville that would be more generally missed,” Colonel J.A. Watrous, a Civil War veteran, wrote in the June 22, 1895 Janesville Gazette, reflecting on the ...

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