In April of 1860, the J.R. Grant Leather & Saddlery Hardware store at 145 Main St. in Galena, Illinois, welcomed…
July 4, 1863, is one of the most critical days in our nation’s history. As critical as July 4, 1776!…
With the explosive crack of the assassin’s Derringer pistol, Major Henry Rathbone jumped to his feet in an effort to…
The years immediately after the end of the American Civil War in 1865, U.S. President Andrew Johnson and the Republican…
I first became active in locating and documenting Civil War veteran graves in the early 1990’s as part of a…