Two children of Civil War veterans received pensions from V.A. of $876 annually One of the children, a man, died last August at the age of 93 Last verified Civil War veteran died in 1951 ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

In the summer of 1863, however, Confederate soldiers ... respective children thus demonstrate the possibilities and limits of the liberation brought by the American Civil War.

Between 2005 and 2022, more than 105,000 children are estimated to have been recruited and used in armed conflict around the ...

As many as 20% of Civil War soldiers were younger than 18 ... Yet for some Southern children — African American slaves — this brutal war meant freedom. Even before the war, enslaved children ...

The newest historic marker has been unveiled at the MacArthur Military Museum in Little Rock on Saturday. The marker ...

Anya Jabour, Ph.D., has been teaching and researching the history of women, families and children ... major battles of the Civil War. 'I Wanted to Do My Part': Women as Soldiers in Civil War ...

a former child soldier, also called upon the government to stop the recruitment of children. “I lost my father during the civil war, leaving me under the care of my old grandmother," he said.