The Third Arkansas Cavalry was organized in October 1863 at Little Rock, becoming one of four Union cavalry regiments raised in Arkansas during the Civil War. Led by Col. Abraham Ryan, the Third ...

The anniversary of the Battle of Brandy Station is June 9. On that day in 1863, during the Civil War, battle ensued for more just over half a day. Today, the American Battlefield Trust has preserved ...

Tomorrow marks the 140th anniversary of the Battle of Kelly's Ford. The encounter on the Rappahannock River was minor in terms of troops involved, about 2,900, and casualties, about 210. But for the ...

Perhaps lost, a courier on horseback was moving along a dirt road near Green Ridge, in a remote area of Codorus Township. It was about 1 a.m. on June 30, 1863, and the cavalryman had planned to go to ...

While metal detecting near the historic Battle of Port Hudson, we may have uncovered something chilling — a collection of Civil War relics that suggest the final moments of a Union Cavalry Officer ...

Once Arkansas was a part of the Confederacy, only time would tell what role we might play in the Civil War, especially since the beginnings of the conflict took place in the east. Early in the war, ...

A Hanover park that was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Hanover in 1863 has a new name, in honor of the heroism of the Union soldiers that pushed back Confederates, and the "little ...