Back in the American Civil War ... showed an eagle and a large image of Gen. George McClellan. Other balloons in the corps included the Union, the Eagle and Excelsior. The Union Army Balloon ...

May 13, 1861. Courtesy: Library of Congress Whitman was forty-two years old when the Civil War started. Some critics would charge that he should have joined the Union Army, but anyone who knew ...

The Jessamine County Courthouse lawn is home to a one-of-a-kind Confederate Civil War monument that wears a Union soldier's hat. David Swartz is a historian and professor, who spent five years ...