Like silent guardians of ancient ruins, pine trees tower over a high bluff in Spanish Fort where 150 years ago Confederate soldiers manned Fort McDermott during the Union's two-week siege of ...

The Signal Corps was established during the Civil War and played a small but vital role in the Army during that conflict. But it wasn't until the last conflict of the 19th century that the Signal ...

During the years preceding the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, often considered the start of the Civil War, the U.S. military was already busy building defensive fortifications around major cities.

When he heard of the civil war in Spain, Gibbs went to a recruitment office and signed up. He shipped out aboard the U.S.S.

When he heard of the civil war in Spain, Gibbs went to a recruitment office and signed up. He shipped out aboard the U.S.S. Manhattan on March 24, 1937. He arrived 11 days later in one of the few ...

The Civil War, a conflict that would end with about 620,000 fatalities, ... The fort was modified during the brief Spanish-American War at the turn of the 20th century, ...