civil war

U.S. President Franklin Pierce's third son, Benjamin, died at age 11 in a train wreck in Andover, Massachusetts.

Henry Tillinghast Sisson, a Civil War veteran and former lieutenant governor of Rhode Island, is buried in Little Compton under a bronze statue of him.

After being named General of the Army, this Civil War figure died from heart failure while visiting his summer home in South Dartmouth.

The Battle of Antietam was a draw between Union and Confederate forces resulting in some 23,000 casualties in just 12 hours. How many were from Massachusetts?

The 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment fought in several key battles of the American Civil War and is memorialized at Gettysburg.

Private Frederick Anderson's life was never easy, but that didn't stop him from becoming a Civil War hero and earning the Medal of Honor.

There is far more to this city than just whale oil and cobblestone streets.

The New Bedford Memorial Day Parade may have been canceled, but the sacrifices made by veterans were still remembered during a brief ceremony at Clasky Common Park Monday afternoon.